Colon Hydrotherapy
and its Clinical Applications
Colon irrigation may help greatly in enhancing the ability to absorb
many vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids.
by Donald J. Mantell, M.D.
Professional Member AANC
Colon Hydrotherapy may perform a very important function, by helping to expel these toxins from the body.
Dr. Max Gerson described a comparable situation when he first started treating cancer patients with an intensive dietary approach. He stated that he lost a number of cancer patients because of toxaemia. They literally died from their own internal pollution! As their cancerous tumours were being broken down they were unable to eliminate these toxic products effectively or efficiently with dire results as a consequence.
However, it is important that a cancer patient be under competent medical supervision. One would not want to administer colon treatments to a patient who was too weak . . . whereby the colon irrigations might weaken them further. In addition, colon irrigations would be contraindicated in a patient with a tumour in the rectum or large intestine. Also, colon irrigations would be temporarily contraindicated in any patient whose intestinal tract is too acidic.
When the mucous membranes in the colon become too irritated or friable, colon irrigations may be too harsh a treatment. The patient should be put on a metabolic program to reduce the patient's acid state before beginning a series of colon hydrotherapy treatments. At our clinic, we do special testing to test the body pH (i.e., urine and saliva) before making specific recommendations about colon irrigations.