Preparing For Enema
An enema can be done with ease without much preparation. It best done in the morning on an empty stomach and preferably after your typical bowel movement. Please also follow the instructions on the box of the enema kit.
How to take an Enema?
The best time for taking an Enema is in the morning 1-2 hours before breakfast or in the evening, 2 hours before or after dinner.
Fill stainless steel pot with water. Warm the water to be lukewarm (97oF-100oF). Check the temperature on your inner wrist like checking the milk in a babies bottle.
Hang the Enema bag from a height of a towel rack about 3 feet above you. While you typically lay down on the bathroom floor.
Apply olive oil to end of the enema catheter for lubrication.
Over the sink, toilet or tub turn the Enema nozzle on to ensure that water coming out of the catheter in free flow without any air bubbles. Then turn the nozzle off.
Now, practice the posture recommended in the enema instruction booklet, and slowly insert the lubricated Enema catheter approx. ½ – ¾ of its length into the rectum and turn the enema nozzle on. You will feel the water reaching in your upper rectum and left part of the intestine (colon).
If you feel the water is enough for intestine or if you experience the reflex to eliminate, then turn the Enema nozzle off.
If you feel that the water in your rectum is sufficient, turn the nozzle off and move the catheter out.
You can stop when you feel that you have released a good amount of fecal matter. This may take 15 minutes or up to an hour depending on the efficiency and tone of your colon. After one releases their fecal matter one can add 2 oz of chloroyphyll to the enema bag as an implant if desired.
How often to take an Enema?
Enemas can be taken a few times weekly.
But for a normal healthy person, looking for better health and well-being, one can take an Enema once a week. It is always better and convenient to practice it on weekends when you may have more time.
Hyper acidity or conditions of excess constipation indigestion.
People experiencing any of these conditions can take an enema two to three times a week or on alternate days for 1 Month to 3 months. Once the symptoms start disappearing and you begin to feel good, the frequency should be decreased and nature should be allowed to take over.
Note: Enema is not habit forming. Instead, after cleansing the large intestine, the intestine is actuated to perform better. The peristaltic movement (moment of contraction and relaxation of intestine which moves the fecal matter toward the rectum and Anus) also improves.