Colonic irrigation project. (Shorts).(Brief Article)

From: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients | Date: June 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Meridian Institute (Virginia Beach, Virginia), a non-profit organization that researches Edgar Cayce health readings, has turned its attention to colonic irrigation. During the first phase of their colonic irrigation project, researchers developed and revised questionnaires to measure the experiences of persons undergoing colonic irrigation at the A.R.E. health services department. Colonic irrigation entails the infusion of warm, filtered water into the rectum to cleanse the large intestine and encourage peristalic action. Although the first recorded use of enemas was in ancient ...

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