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Adequate irrigation
* can help prevent blackheart, a physiological disorder.
* is important because water-stressed plants are most likely to be damaged.

Agricultural irrigation
* is much more prevalent in the arid Western United States than in the East
  - the most common way to use reclaimed water
* uses two-thirds of the world's supply of developed water.

Colonic
* also has erotic appeal to some.
* are an extended and more complete form of an enema
  - colonic irrigation
* can be an important part of a holistic detoxification program.
* has no real health benefits, but does have a number of serious hazards.
* is irrigation

Douche
* are irrigation.
* can destroy the balance of bacteria and get an infection started
  - help women feel clean and refreshed
* tend to remove the normal bacteria that keep yeast from infecting the vagina.

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Drip irrigation
* boosts yields.
* can also lessen the incidence of crown, leaf, stem, and fruit diseases.
* can be a great aid to the efficient use of water
  - helpful if water is scarce or expensive
  - efficiently deliver water and keep foliage dry
* comes in two forms.
* delivers water directly to the roots, minimizing evaporation loss
  - slowly and evenly over a large area
  - to plants in an economical and efficient manner
* grows crops with higher yields using less water
  - much less water
* high maintenance method of applying water.
* is also an excellent way to supply water
  - an option for watermelons grown on plastic
  - best to water slowly, thoroughly, and deeply without wetting foliage
* is better for watering roses than sprinklers
  - than sprinkler irrigation, which wets foliage and fruit and increases rot
  - designed to get water slowly and directly to the roots of plants
  - effective in most soils
  - ideal for flowers, vegetables and individual plantings
  - more efficient than flood irrigation and is especially suited for hot climates
  - one of the newer methods of irrigation
  - plastic tubing that drips water around the base of the plants
  - regarded more efficient as less water evaporated as in spray irrigation
  - suitable for a wide range of soils and topography
* is the controlled application of water at a very low flow over a prolonged period
  - latest innovation in irrigation systems
  - most efficient irrigation technology available
  - used only sparingly to augment natural rainfall
* low flow point source watering system.
* minimizes run-off and evaporation.
* prevents foliage from getting wet at all when watering
  - the foliage from getting wet
* provides each plant with near-optimal soil moisture
  - more efficient water use than overhead sprinklers
* reduces soil transport due to splashing.
* sends water straight to a plant's roots with virtually no loss to evaporation.
* standard practice in Hawaii.
* utilizes water efficiently and can be utilized to fertilize, as well.

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Enema
* act by filling the bowel which stimulates the urge to have a bowel movement.
* are most useful for the relief of simple fecal impactations
  - of extreme importance in any type of allergic condition
  - useful for severe constipation or when other methods fail
* can deplete a baby of electrolytes and alter body fluids in children
  - stretch the colon, which over time becomes a limp sack with no muscle tone
* expose the most private area of the human body.
* irrigate the bowel and act as lubricants and stimulants.
  - liquids
  - mixture
* work by expanding the rectum and flush out stool.