While the idea of rectal cleansing dates back to the Ancient Egyptians, the notion of caffeine as an enema-related substance is relatively new. It was conceived in 1917, and appeared in the Merck Manual until 1972.[1]
In 1920, German scientists investigated caffeine's effect on the bile duct and small intestines. Max Gerson proposed that coffee enemas had a positive effect on the gastro-intestinal tract. Gerson said that coffee enemas had positive effects on patients with tuberculosis, and later even those with cancer. He claimed that unlike saline enemas, the caffeine traveled through the smooth muscle of the small intestine, and into the liver. This, he said, cleared even more of the gastro-intestinal tract and removed more toxins and bile than a normal enema. He told his patients often that the "coffee enemas are not given for the function of the intestines but for the stimulation of the liver."[1] Effects and dangers
Some proponents of alternative medicine have claimed that coffee enemas have an anti-cancer effect by "detoxifying" metabolic products of tumors.[2] There is no medical scientific evidence to support any anti-cancer effect of coffee enemas.[3][4][5]
Coffee enemas can cause numerous side effects, including infections, sepsis (including campylobacter sepsis), severe electrolyte imbalance, colitis, proctocolitis, salmonella, brain abscess, and heart failure.[2][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] If the coffee is inserted too quickly or is too hot, it could cause internal burning[13] or rectal perforation.[14]
The use of coffee enemas has led to several deaths as a result of severe electrolyte imbalance, hyponatremia, dehydration, pleural and pericardial effusions.[7][15] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ruled that study participants must be warned of the risk of death from coffee enemas in studies that use them.[16][17] See also
I want to believe you in a nightmarish sort of way. I don't doubt that there are people that ridiculous, but how the hell do you promote it as being therapeutic.
New Age and you? Don't have a passing acquaintance.
Crystals are only good if you have the knowledge to use them properly.
They are great if you are evolved enough to sense what they do. That again, is not what the New Age reveals. The New Age simply explains what the Dark Ages and the Current Age have fallen short in discovering. That being, that we are all GOD and that being that there is NO limit to what we are capable of. We are NOT this body. We are pure consciousness. Now if you can reach that level of understanding, crystals kind of make a lot of sense.
If you have this level of understanding, the picture below will seem far more accurate than a CAT scan or any other x-ray.
Yep. I am studying shiatsu right now (and HATING it) and I just noticed he painted in all the meridians. Those lines with the points? I have to memorize all those things. They are a freaking nightmare.
I just said that about you and New Age because you were sort of inferring that it is nonsense.
This is true, but even so. Funny that if stuff was injected rather than shoved up the arse I imagine a degree of questioning of the whole business would ensue.
Where's the evidence. Just saying 'it's a great way to detox your body' seems to be sufficient. Thank you for that, Glis. I was going to put the kettle on but I've suddenly I've gone off the idea.
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