They say colonics are useful for helping to unconstipate, but they're no long-term solution to whatever's causing trouble. Colonic therapists, on the other hand, talk as if their work were the Second Coming of Christ. She proposes to stave off the inevitable with, you guessed it, colonics. W hile the benefits of the bowel-flooding treatment are highly controversial, what's happening mechanically during the procedure is quite clear. Water is sent into the colon, which is the last stop for waste in the digestive system before it's eliminated.
Water is turned on and sent up the rectum through the speculum and into the colon.
T he colon, which is part of the large intestine, is a long tube suspended over the small intestine with two sides hanging down. E ventually waste turns the corner and enters the top portion, hardening into stool as it goes along. Finally, the finished product turns another corner and enters the descending portion of the colon, where it waits to be eliminated. The difference between an enema and a colonic is the distance that the water travels up the colon. With an enema, the water remains by the rectum and at most gets halfway up the descending colon.