Quote Originally Posted by WashougalWonder
Personally I think the high colonic is a crock of crap, provide me with medical documentation why this can cure pain and why the action in the colon causes the pain. (Verifiable medical published documents please)
The evidence for a lot of CAM (Complimentary and Alternative Medicine) is weighed more against than with. I'm definitely all for an open mind, but the bowel (unless afflicted by Crohn's, diverticulitis, etc.) is a wonderful self-cleansing machine. When colonics are performed, the residue comes out, and the practitioner claims "Oh! Look at all that toxic sludge that was in your bowels, and causing you :insert condition X here:!"

The bowels don't deliver stool in one little minute package. As long as you're eating, there is constantly stool or variations thereof nestled and being digested in the pockets of your small and large intestines. This is normal. If it's excessive, it doesn't mean the person needs a hose stuck up their rectum, it means they should incorporate more fiber in their diet.

As for the olive oil and lemon juice? These things do not "cleanse" the liver. They just go through your system. Gallbladder sludge and excessive bile salts accumulate only with cholecystitis- a clogged bile duct, or gallstones. Bile and bile salts are necessary to digest many fats- including the fat in the olive oil, which the author of the above post seems to think will clean it out- the liver itself is a sophisticated and very competent toxic filtering device. What it can't filter, I can guarantee you won't be eliminated by lemon juice and olive oil.

The malic acid argument is invalid- Malic acid is digested in the stomach and the bowels... The gallbladder is a one-way valve system which empties into the stomach/intestine via the common bile duct- drinking malic acid will only effect the stomach and bowels after the gallbladder. It won't magically go back up and clear the gallstones.

Be skeptical of treatments. Doesn't mean be cynical, but review as many published peer-reviewed journals if you have doubt about treatment for your pain.