Colon Hydrotherapy, also known as a colonics, is a safe, gentle infusion of warm filtered water into the large colon without using chemicals or drugs. This is a restorative, painless procedure which is highly effective and incredibly beneficial. Colon hydrotherapy facilitates cleansing the entire colon of built up and aged waste.
Warm water used in the therapy supplies heat to the body which can relax the colon. Conversely, the effects of cold water, also used in hydrotherapy can induce peristalsis in flaccid and elongated colons.
The therapy has a definite calming effect on the nervous system.
Overweight people can eliminate as much as eight to thirty pounds over a series of treatments by merely cleansing out their lower gastrointestinal tract.
When sufferers visit a physician, they usually relate a history of one or more of these complaints that go back years: