PANACEA OR PLACEBO – A weekly series assessing the evidence behind complementary and alternative medicines. Colonic therapy – also known as colonic irrigation, colonic hydrotherapy or a high enema – ...

CAN a jet of water up your rear end wash away your health problems? Sasha Westwood puts it to the test. I’m not sure what was more frightening – the thought of undergoing colonic irrigation or of ...

Hydrotherapy of the colon, also known as colonic cleansing or irrigation, involves using water to flush waste out of the large intestine. The colon, or large intestine, absorbs water and salts from ...

TAKING in a litre of warm water is hard enough using your mouth. But try doing it from the other end. "Let me know if the pressure gets too much. You're doing well -- we've got a litre in now," comes ...