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

Lying on a coach in a therapist’s treatment room, events organiser Tamily Cookson was not enjoying her first ever experience of colonic irrigation. ‘Every few minutes I was getting sharp cramps in my ...

There is renewed interest in hydrotherapy but is it being used the right way, asks Sylvia Thompson. 'In times past, knowledge of the bowel was more widespread and people were taught how to care for ...