It includes such books as Intestinal Gardening and Fodor's Guide to Health and Fitness Vacations. All but four of the dozens of published medical articles cited were from the 1930s and 40s, demonstrating nothing more than the possible sociological phenomenon that bowel opening is popular during depressions and recessions. According to a gastroenterologist, absolutely not. He says that the majority of women who come to him with uncomfortable, and what they consider to be unsightly, bloating have what is called irritable bowel syndrome. Getting colonics for this problem, he says, is like banging your head against the wall for a headache.
Any stimulant exaggerates the phenomenon.
These bowels don't need a sudden jerk. You'll probably just wind up constipated from the unnatural stimulant and think you need another colonic. Experts on colon cancer don't think petrifying waste is possible. They do point out that people in primitive societies, which have diets with more roughage and less refined food, do have more frequent bowel movements and a correspondingly lower rate of colon cancer. This may very well be due to a fast transit time, which gives carcinogens and other undesirable elements less contact with the bowel.