I felt clean inside and my stomach felt lighter. Schmidtberger continued receiving colonics about twice a week for three months and said she saw drastic improvements in her health. Colors became more vivid, her energy level increased, hair she had lost grew back, and her outlook on life improved. Schmidtberger said receptor sites that affect the senses are in the colon. The medical profession does not recognize colonic therapy as a means for enhancing sensory experience, nor does it license colon therapists.
Most therapists receive training only from the manufacturer of the equipment they use.
He also said it was normal for the colon to have fecal matter in it because the organ is designed to be a constant vehicle for elimination. In the medical community, Rock said that enemas were used for conditions such as constipation but generally only after other methods proved unsuccessful. In an enema, water only reaches the first portion of the colon, the descending colon. A colonic is much more aggressive. It is able to cleanse deeper into the colon because of the amount water used.