Coffee enemas - morning coffee "the other way"

Have you heard of enemas before? 

Maybe you think it’s totally weird or have actually never heard about them before. 

Well I am a huge fan of having your morning coffee “the other way”!! 

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The use of enemas is a therapy with a long history that have been used for thousands of years in Ayurvedic medicine and ancient Egyptian medicine. 

It first became popular in the western medicine world during WW2 when Doctors were running low on morphine from being overwhelmed with wounded soldiers. Doctors had to conserve the morphine for surgeries and rarely had enough for post-op pain. If soldiers were suffering from constipation, nurses would often give water enemas to get things moving. With leftover coffee sitting around from Doctors for energy nurses decided to see if it would help via enemas for patients. 

Indeed, the patients reported coffee enemas were giving them great pain relief.

After this, scientists and Doctors studied the effect of coffee enemas and found that the caffeine in the enemas enters the liver via the portal system and increases the flow of bile and the excretion of toxins. 

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Ayurveda

In Ayurveda, enemas are one of the five most powerful therapies of Panchakarma and are called Bastis. Enemas in Ayurveda are not only for the gut either. 

The primary use of enemas in Ayurveda are for your nervous system. The link between the gut and the brain is a vital connection in Ayurveda. Ayurvedic bastis are powerful for nourishment of the nervous system, emotions and help the mind in psychiatric disorders and auto-immune disorders. 

Although as a direct pathway to the colon, enemas can be powerful for cleansing toxins (ama) from the intestines which is an aid for detoxification. 




Coffee enemas have been shown to stimulate the glutathione-S-transferase system by 700% - Glutathione is our master antioxidant in the body 





Benefits of coffee enemas that I have found personally & with client results: 

  • Water in the enema stimulates peristalsis or the movement of the contents of the intestines

  • Enhances glutathione S-transferase - responsible for the removal of many toxins from the blood

  • Clearing the bowels + clearing the mind 

  • Assist in bile production 

  • Pain management 

  • Better sleep quality

  • Less anxiety

  • Migraines  + headaches 

  • Balancing of dysbiosis in the gut


Will using a coffee enema create a “coffee buzz”?

This study shows that caffeine obtained from coffee enemas are about 3.5 times significantly less than those of the coffee consumed orally. Coffee enema also did not adversely affect systolic and diastolic blood pressure or heart rate.

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CE (coffee enema), CC (oral coffee consumption)


How often should I do an enema? 

This is totally individual and should be guided by your healthcare practitioner. During gut healing protocols there may be times where you are recommended to complete an enema everyday for several days a week for a couple of weeks at a time. Other times you may only need to do an enema once per week.


When to not use enemas? 

  • Pregnancy

  • Menstruation

  • Acute diarrhoea

  • Haemorrhoids or rectal polyps

  • Rectal or vaginal prolapse

  • In children 


How do I do a coffee enema? 

 


Please always consult your healthcare practitioner if you have questions about enemas. 

References: 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603218/ 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6639820/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6033722/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4910574/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3215425/


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