Deep Healing Colonic Irrigation
What is the colon and what does it do?
To maintain good health, your body must effectively eliminate
food and bodily waste.
Your colon…together with your lungs, skin and kidneys are
designed to accomplish this essential task. The colon is a muscular
tube, approximately five to five and a half feet long, with
an average diameter of two and a half inches. The colon begins
at the lower right side of the abdomen (cecum). The ascending
colon goes up from there and turns to the left when it reaches
the liver. It then crosses the abdomen (transverse colon). The
descending colon begins at the level of the spleen and goes
down the left side of the abdomen, where it becomes the sigmoid
colon. It then empties the waste into the rectum, from where
it is eliminated. A muscular movement, called peristalsis enables
the movement of the chime (waste) through the colon.
The main function of the colon are absorption of water and minerals
and formation/elimination of faeces.
The colon contains nearly sixty varieties of micro-flora
or bacteria to aid digestion, promote vital nutrient production,
maintain pH (acid-base) balance and to prevent the proliferation
of harmful bacteria.
These bacteria provide important functions such as the synthesis
of folic acid and valuable nutrients from foods, including
vitamins K and portions of the B complex. Bacillus coli and
acidophilus, comprise the majority of healthy bacteria, along
with other disease producing bacteria in smaller numbers.
Digestion of food normally takes from 12-24 hours assuming
the colon is fully functional and non-toxic. Irregular or
infrequent bowel movements can allow toxic residues, from
the by-products of un-digested foods, to remain in the colon.
A person with a healthy colon will have two to three per day,
shortly after each meal taken. Elimination should be complete
and easy.
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