What is colonic irrigation?

Colonics, colon hydrotherapy, colon lavage, and high colonic all mean the same thing. It is a therapy session that provides an effective and safe method for cleansing the three to five foot long, two and a half inch diameter colon without any sanitation risk. Triple purified water is used to gently flush the colon of waste material which may stay trapped in the colon for some time. This waste material may be impacted feces, mucous, parasites, dead cellular tissue, worms, etc., and may cause problem conditions.
We think of colonics as a rejuvenation treatment. Colonics exercise the colon muscles by increasing muscular contractions or peristalsis. Colonics hydrate the colon, assisting in elimination. Colonics reshape the colon after problem conditions have existed. The water action coupled with massage techniques helps to eliminate bulging pockets of waste. We want to enable the colon to resume to its natural state.
Every single system and organ in the body is connected to the colon by reflex points. Similar to reflexology, colonics stimulate these points and then affect the corresponding body part in a beneficial way.
After speaking with our skilled therapist, you may be enlightened with a new awareness about your skin, abdomen and eliminations. Colonics help you create a holistic view of your body’s functions. You may also have an increased awareness about stress and the role it plays in eliminations. The solar plexus is the emotional center of your body and your transverse colon runs right through it. If you are stressed, tension in the solar plexus results in less movement of fecal matter in the colon.


How long has colon hydro therapy/irrigation been around?

About 3,707 years! There’s been a recent resurgence in natural healing approaches and colonics have regained respectability.

Is colon hydro therapy/irrigation like an enema?

While claims are made that the enema circulates through the colon, no evidence exists that enemas of any type are able to move water up beyond the splenic flexure of the colon. Enemas do not clear the ascending or transverse colon as is shown by a colonoscopy after colonics (see diagram for body parts listed). Additionally, there is no evidence of improved muscle tone. Our technologically advanced device allows us to cleanse hard to reach places, such as the appendix area, where matter can get trapped and may cause appendicitis.

Will I lose weight utilizing colonics?

Colonics may be very helpful at assisting to rid the colon of built up waste material. Medical doctors have found in autopsies as much as twenty five to thirty pounds of built up and undigested fecal matter in the colon. If you have less built up and impacted waste material, the less you will weigh. Continued physiological weight loss on a metabolic level under the supervision of our nutritional certified colon hydro therapist is possible, and you may continue to lose weight in a healthy manner. If you are not having three bowel movements a day, you may have a clogged colon. The colon gets clogged or sluggish by use of over the counter medicines, prescription drugs, lack of water, lack of fiber, lack of digestive enzymes and proper food combining, lack of exercise, tens of thousands of chemicals in air, water and food, as well as by many other factors. Unless you clean your colon, digestion will remain slow, metabolism will remain slow, food cravings will remain high, hunger will remain high due to lack of nutrients being absorbed properly, and you may never lose weight.

What do you use to clean the colon with?

100% triple purified water only. The water is purified by charcoal and particle filters and an ultra violet light that zaps the smallest bacteria. There are no additives in our water. We always use all disposable speculums and tubing.

How many bowel movements should I have per day? Unless you are having two to three good bowel movements every day, you are probably constipated and invariably toxic. The colon becomes overworked and the toxic overload accumulates throughout your entire body, getting reabsorbed in through the blood stream and recirculated.

Besides obvious constipation, what are some signs I need colonics?

There are several signs besides constipation that a colonic would be needed. If you have ever had a bowel movement and left marks in the bowl, this is a sign of mucous in the stool. The clay like substance seen in the bowl is lining the walls of colon also. Another sign is waste material that has a pudding like consistency or waste that comes out the width of pencils are indicative of matter built up and full releases are not happening. If it takes you more than twice to wipe clean, that is also a sign of buildup. If you grunt and groan and push so hard you see stars or you can read hours of information while on the commode, that is definitely the time to call us. Other symptoms of colon build up and toxins in the body are weight problems, brittle hand and toe nails, lack of concentration, short term memory problems, low sex drive, chronic yeast infections, acne or pale and dry skin, compromised immune system evident by getting sick or catching colds often, mood swings, depression, gas, flatulence, bloating, allergies, frequent headaches, general weakness, sleeping problems and chronic urinary track infections.

Does one colonic clean my entire colon? If you have never had colonics before or your last colonic was more than 6 months to a year ago, there will most likely be built up matter. Your colon muscle is loaded with convolutions and saculations. After roughly tens of thousands of chemicals enter it, one colonic is a great idea. A series is categorically better. Ask us about our discounts for purchasing three or more colonics in a series set.

Are colonics embarrassing?

No. Not here at the Intestinal Fitness office. A three room section of our suite is designated for you only. You’ll have a private dressing area, bathroom and therapy room. We maintain your integrity, as well as acknowledge and honor your emotions.

Does it hurt to have the tube put in me for a colon cleanse session?

No. The size of the speculum that is inserted into the rectum is smaller than a regular sized sharpie permanent marker and it is well lubricated. It is only inserted up to one or two inches. Our therapist has tons of practice at making the client feel at total ease and the insertion only takes three seconds. You are than on your back and all covered up in a blanket. Most everyone books another appointment to get right back on the table the next week.

How long does a colonic session last and can I go right to work after my session?

As a new client of ours, your first session is one hour and fifteen minutes, which includes filling out a client history form. Any future sessions of yours as an existing client, are just one hour. After the colonic session, you are restored to yourself if not 100% better, so that afterwards you can eat, work or play.

I am already gassy, bloated and constipated, will the colonic session hurt?

No. It will relieve that gas, bloat and constipation. We have repeated reports of tremendous relief.

Why do you take a credit card number to reserve my appointment at Intestinal Fitness, LLC? When you book an appointment with our clinic, we close out a whole hour for you. If you need to cancel, just give us 24 hours notice. If we don’t hear from you at all, a no call no show, (NCNS); or it is not 24 hours notice, we charge the full fee of $85.00 and that is non-refundable and can not be applied to any future therapy with us. In main stream, allopathic, conventional medical offices, Doctor’s overbooking appointments leads to the pigeon hole effect of their clients to make up for the people that NCNS. We do not overbook here. One client per one hour. When a client simply “forgets” they made an appointment with us or they NCNS, that action sends a huge, bad, negative wave effect through our clinic system. In the first place, if a client booked an appointment, they obviously needed it, so “they” miss out. Next there is always someone that wanted a slot but it was booked with the NCNS so they could not get in and often time’s people are in desperate need for those appointments. Lastly, it hurts us as a business. We have professionals standing around doing nothing waiting for a NCNS, wasting time, energy, money and clinic space.

Why should I come in for colonics when I can just buy one of the hundreds of colon cleanses on the market?

A colon cleansing kit and a colon hydrotherapy session are two very different ideas. The advertisements for the kits educate well with regards to the proper functioning of the colon, and consumers believe they are buying a good, helpful product. Notice that they do not talk about their ingredients. The most popular cleanses today use bentonite clay, which claims to draw out toxins. While bentonite clay is a common ingredient in these cleansing products, some people may not be aware of bentonite clay’s aluminum content. One of the main reasons for cleansing is to remove harmful metals from the body, not to ingest them. Furthermore, most kits are glorified purgatives that cause the colon muscle to expel instead of working with the natural harmonious tone of the colon walls or peristaltic wave the way colonics do. If you do feel you need a tablet or powder cleanse, try one that supplies you with a 100% money back guarantee, phone numbers to contact for questions/complaints, and ingredient list. Look for reviews on the internet. Remember, even if you purchase a colon cleanse kit, they are in no way related to a colon hydrotherapy session.





When I was looking for a colonic therapist in Raleigh, NC I used the internet. I found a couple of web sites that put the therapy down stating it was bad for people. Also, I found a lot of web sites selling expensive colon cleanse packages stating after I purchased the cleanse there would be no need for colonics. What is all this about?

It's always amusing to us to find people that have put such a self importance on themselves as to think they know as much or more about colonics than the following list of professionals that believe nearly any disease can be due to a toxic colon: The folks that recorded the Ancient Ebers Papyrus (3,558 year old Egyptian Medical texts) Edgar Cayce, Dr. Bernard Jensen, Brenda Watson, N.D., Dr. Hulda Clark, Dr. Christopher, Dr. Kellogg (cereal fame), Dr. D'Adamo, Russell Kolbo, D.C., N.D., Donna Gates, Nurse Rene Caisse, Dr. Elson M. Haas, Dr. Group, Hanna Kroeger, Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., Deepak Chopra, M.D., Robert Gray and Ayurveda practices, etc. It's hard for me to comment on the subject of colonics with regards to radicals, when their self proclamation of intelligence overrides the experience of these colonic proponents. Quite frankly, it's tiresome. If they never clean their colon or liver, kidneys and gallbladder and those organs are their body's filters,that must mean when they buy a car, they never change any of the filters on it and expect it to run efficiently. It is the same analogy. I believe these people to be lacking in intelligence and not in the same league as a helpful professional health care practitioner, with or without their credentials. It has been my experience that when a radical comes up with such a lengthy dissertation and is so vehemently opposed to a natural modality of cleansing, It's an overstatement that is usually exercised in poor marketing schemes that misinform and mislead you to believe nonsense, and they are directly profiting from this approach. The expensive colon cleanse kits on the market are glorified purgatives, that dehydrate the 5-6 foot long colon, and set it right back up for constipation worse than before because the very next thing you eat, in my opinion sticks to the now dry colon wall like glue. Most of them use senna and cascara sagrada (cheap irritating dehydrating herbs), to make you purge. We use 100% triple purified water only. We hydrate and tone the colon muscle walls. We have our reputation for success on the line and we want to assist you again with your internal cleansing program after your colonics. Our colon hydrotherapy works, hands down.

I recently read a book where the reporter received 15 colonics in 30 days. Is that the protocol for your clinic? No. A great therapist will have you fill out a client history form and that is where you will start your individual colon hydrotherapy program together.

What is the single most important thing I can do in the days leading up to my colonic?

Drink one cup of good water each hour your awake from now until your colonic. You should practice this for the rest of your life, but especially before a colon hydrotherapy session. When you do this, you won't spend time in the session rehydrating yourself and we can move right on to soaking fecal matter. You get more for your money faster quicker in our therapy room.

I read that colonic sessions can assist the detoxification of the whole body, is that true? Yes. The colon or large intestine is only one of your body’s five channels of elimination and the most obvious one. The lungs, lymph system, kidneys, and skin each have crucial roles to play in the cleansing process, and we’ll educate you as how to address them all to get maximum results.

How do I get toxins in my body in the first place?

Smoke, tap water, showering without water filters, restaurant foods (exceptions are 100 % organic restaurants, and there is still no guarantee), microwaved foods, any “diet” foods, MSG, farm raised fish, prescription drugs, over the counter medications, sunscreens, antiperspirants, hot tubs, swimming pools, dry cleaned cloths, non-stick cookware, air fresheners, creams, lotions, toothpaste, shampoo, high fructose corn syrup, fluoride, and pollutants in the air just to name a few.  We feel the list is endless. We can try to reverse the damage by starting to cleanse, and the best way to start is to begin cleansing your colon.

Someone told me colonics rob my electrolyte balance. Is that true?

No. This is a myth. Most of the material removed by a colonic has already had fluid and electrolytes removed from it naturally. If someone ever felt their electrolyte balance was disturbed, they could easily replace it ingesting a little food and drink.


I am an athlete that competes for large amounts of money. Will colon hydrotherapy give me a competitive edge in my game?

No matter what sport of choice it is, usually the faster you are with it the better. In my experience, everyone loses fecal matter, gas and bloat after a colonic. The less your carrying around, even if it's a few ounces is going to give you a competitive edge. I have athletes tell me all the time, I eat an ideal diet and have bowel movements all day long and I can't believe what I am seeing going through the viewing tube is coming out of me!

I have diverticulitis, can I receive colonics? No. Diverticulitis and some other conditions listed here are contraindicated for colonics here at Intestinal Fitness. The other conditions are: abdominal or rectal tumors, acute Crohn’s disease, intestinal perforation, cirrhosis, fistula or fissures, pregnancy, ulcerative colitis, abdominal hernia, recent colon or rectal surgery, recent heart attack, epilepsy, psychoses, vascular aneurism, renal insufficiency, carcinoma of the rectum, uncontrolled hypertension, history of seizures or GI bleeding, cancer of any part of the GI track, and just general debilitation.

Should I take a lot of fiber before my colonic?

Yes, but only if it’s in the form of fruits, vegetables, beans, peas, and whole grains. Fiber in the form of a capsule will slow down the process, and will make it harder for us to get to the cleaning process. Especially if your already not having two to three bowel movements per day and are not drinking enough water. That will just make a harder bulkier stool to remove before we start to clean the walls of the colon.

I heard about intestinal flora. What does that mean?

Your digestive track houses about four pounds of bacteria. There are three main types: those that cause disease, those that have an apparent neutral effect and those that benefit us. The balance of these microbes is essential to your intestinal track and total health. Beneficial bacteria are called intestinal flora.

My health care provider told me that colonics would take out all my good beneficial bacteria from my colon if I had colonics. Is that true? Absolutely! They were 100% right. When we flush out the stagnant fecal matter, bloat and gas, mucous plugs, built up plaque and by products the bad unfriendly bacteria and some good bacteria are flushed out. Then we immediately show you how to start fresh again and reinoculate that clean colon with a fresh batch of friendly bacteria so they can get to work building back that colon immune system.

I heard that more than half of Americans have some kind of unhealthy parasite. Is that true?

It’s not exactly known how many humans have parasites but we do know that we see them or their eggs in the viewing tube during colonic sessions quite regularly. We also know that parasites themselves or their eggs are in our air, on our pets , as well as on inanimate objects and are easily distributed among our society hand to mouth and foods to mouth. We recommend that you do a parasite cleanse once a year at minimum whether you think you have them or not. The parasite cleanse we recommend is full of great herbs that are beneficial for your body.

Will there be some one there I can talk to about my SAD (Standard American Diet)?

Definitely! We are trained in the fields of health and nutrition to help you navigate from a non-nutritive diet to a restorative plan.

How do colonics improve my immune function?

About 70 % of immune tissue resides in the intestines. When we remove waste material that is hardened, stagnant, toxic, and built up on this tissue, it may rejuvenate the tissue. Colon hydrotherapy is not a cure for immune diseases, but can be an important part of the health care of a patient with immune deficient diseases.

A colonic therapist told me to take a laxative before I came for a colonic! I thought that was stupid. Why did they tell me that?

We don’t know why they told you that, however, our motto is please come as you are so we can get a picture of the real you. We never recommend laxatives. The colon muscle becomes weaker with use of any purgatives. We want a stronger colon muscle. We help you “MOVE A MUSCLE FROM BEGINNING TO END”!


Can I have a colonic if I am having a period?

Absolutely yes. Since your menstral cycle is a cleansing period, it will correspond nicely with your colonic since your body is already in the cleansing cycle. We have tampons and napkins here for you after you are done with your colonic.

Can I eat right after my colonic?

Yes, but avoid foods that are gas producing foods for you. Eat a moderate amount of whatever is gentle on your system. Fruit and vegetable juices are always a great choice.

Are colonics something I will need to do for the rest of my life?

Once you are introduced to colonics, we are convinced you will look forward to your colonics as many times as your motivation and your schedule will allow you!

What does contraindiction for colon hydrotherapy mean? A contraindication is when a colonic irrigation should NOT be used by the individual. The staff at Intestinal Fitness will not perform colon hydrotherapy if an individual has any one of the following: Cancer of the colon or GI (gastro intestinal) tract. Acute abdominal pain (please call us to clarify). Recent history of GI bleeding.

Congestive heart failure.

Uncontrolled hypertension.

History of seizures.

Carcinoma of the rectum.

Intestinal perforation.

Abdominal hernia.

Recent colon or rectal surgery.

Diverticulitis.

Recent heart attack.

General debilitation.

Vascular aneurism.

Renal insufficiency.

Epilepsy or psychoses.

Dialysis patients

Cirrhosis.

Fissures or fistula.

Pregnancy.

Ulcerative colitis.

Acute Crohn's disease.

Rectal or abdominal tumors.