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2. Colon cleansing - Wikipedia

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   Colonic irrigation, also known as colon hydrotherapy, colonic hydrotherapy, or a "colonic", is a treatment which is used "to wash out the contents of the large bowel by means of copious enemas using water or other medication." [19] During a cleansing enema, liquid is introduced into the colon and retained for five to fifteen minutes. [20]

3. Are colon cleanses necessary? Experts weigh in on potential ...

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   Colon cleansing capsules, teas and powders may tout “detoxifying” benefits, but there is little scientific evidence to back up their effectiveness, and importantly, their safety.

4. Detoxification (alternative medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Detoxification (often shortened to detox and sometimes called body cleansing) is a type of alternative-medicine treatment which aims to rid the body of unspecified "toxins" – substances that proponents claim accumulate in the body over time and have undesirable short-term or long-term effects on individual health.

5. List of unproven and disproven cancer treatments - Wikipedia

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   A rectal bulb syringe – enemas feature in a number of ineffective cancer treatments such as Gerson therapy and colon cleansing. Acupuncture – a mainstay of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture attempts to regulate the flow of a supposed energy within the body by means of inserting needles through the skin at certain pre-designated ...

6. Mucoid plaque - Wikipedia

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   Various forms of colon cleansing were popular in the 19th and early 20th century. [7] In 1932, Bastedo wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association about his observation of mucus masses being removed during a colon irrigation procedure: "When one sees the dirty gray, brown or blackish sheets, strings and rolled up wormlike masses of tough mucus with a rotten or dead-fish odor that ...

7. Hydrotherapy - Wikipedia

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   Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy and also called water cure, [1] is a branch of alternative medicine (particularly naturopathy), occupational therapy, and physiotherapy, that involves the use of water for pain relief and treatment. The term encompasses a broad range of approaches and therapeutic methods that take advantage of the ...

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9. Enema - Wikipedia

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   This has resulted, for example, in a six-year-old boy needing to have his colon removed and a colostomy bag fitted, [108] [109] complaints to the FDA reporting life-threatening reactions, [110] and even death. [111]