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Overview Of Colon Hydrotherapy Session

The Session

1. A one inch in diameter, lubricated speculum is inserted by client and/or colon hydrotherapist about three and a half inches into the anal canal on the exhale, or during a series of exhales. 
    

2. Water enters the colon at approximately 0.25 to .5 psi, (pound per square inch) of pressure, with possible short fills of up to 2 psi.
    

3. The colon hydrotherapy session consists of fill and evacuation cycles. Number of cycles during a session can be a few or up to several cycles per session. With each cycle, a small quantity of water enters the colon via a water tube and through a speculum, until peristalsis starts to evacuate the contents of the colon. The contents of the colon are then evacuated through the speculum into a waste tube, where it is washed into the plumbing drainage. Water pressure and a backflow prevention valve prevents waste from entering water tube.
    

4. Psi or head pressure in a gravity system is measured from the top of the water to the lowest point of the tubing times .04 psi per inch. Flow rate is adjusted by control valve.
    

1. The water in an enema bag flowing from the height of a doorknob to floor level, generates about 1.2 psi. From the height of a towel rack to floor level about 1.85 psi. A sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy, requires 6 to 10 psi of air pressure to be introduced into the colon.
    

2. Quantity of water - If each fill cycle were added together during the approximately 45 minute session, the accumulated total of water, which passes through the colon, would be two to six quarts of water.

Equipment
 

1.  Purpose of equipment
 

The equipment provides a flow of filtered water through valves which regulate water temperature and pressure. Separate inflow and outflow plumbing in combination with a back flow prevention valve prevents contamination of the potable water. The equipment does not assist in the evacuation of waste as it has no power source. The equipment used in colon hydrotherapy must be manufactured by a reputable company, using materials and methods in accordance with industry standards. Industry standards for the last twenty years have been FDA regulations.
 

2.  Parts of equipment used in colon hydrotherapy
 

Speculum, water hose and waste hose.  The speculum, water and waste hose used during a colon hydrotherapy session are designed to be disposed of after a session.