Colon Hydrotherapy
- Treatment time
- About 45 minutes
- Time in clinic
- 60 to 90 minutes, with consultation and aftercare
- Available at
- Legian, Ubud, Canggu
Your visit
It is calmer and more private than many people expect: a room of your own, warm filtered water, and your therapist with you throughout.
Before anything begins, your therapist talks you through each step and answers your questions, and you change in private.
For all 45 minutes they watch the flow, and ease it the moment you feel uncomfortable. Afterwards the bathroom is yours before you dress.
Aftercare
- Afterwards, drink water and eat lightly, as loose stools can cost you fluid and salts.
- Keep the rest of the day gentle, especially if you feel tired.
Some people feel lighter straight away, and others over the next day or two. Most go back to their day.
Results vary, and your therapist will tell you what to expect for you.
Afterwards you may have some cramping, bloating, nausea or light-headedness. Serious problems are rare: infection, bleeding or a tear in the rectum or bowel.
Please see a doctor if you have severe or lasting abdominal pain, fever, vomiting or heavy bleeding, or if you faint or cannot pass stool or wind.
The day after
- That day
Be kind to yourself today. You may need the bathroom more often, and feel tired, a little light-headed or queasy for a short while.
- First 24 hours
Keep to soup or light meals, with plenty of water, herbal tea or fresh juice, and give hard exercise a miss.
- A day or two
Go easy on alcohol, coffee and tea, dairy and red meat, and on beans, broccoli and cauliflower.
Good to know
Ideal for
- Easing a feeling of fullness
- Pairing with a massage or Vitamin IV therapy
Please note
This treatment is not for you during pregnancy, or if you have inflammatory bowel disease, recent abdominal surgery, or a heart or kidney condition. It is meant for those who already take care with what they eat and drink.
Before your visit
- For a day or two before, eat lightly and leave out heavy or greasy meals.
- Drink plenty of water before your visit, and come in comfortable clothes.
- Let your therapist know your health history, symptoms, medication and any past abdominal or bowel procedures.
- Book ahead, and our driver brings you from Kuta, Legian, Seminyak or Kerobokan and back again.
Warm water does the work
A small disposable tube is placed in the rectum. Warm water then runs into the colon at a controlled temperature and pressure, again and again, loosening what is there.
It all leaves through sealed tubing.
This clears your large intestine for a while.
We want to be honest with you about its limits. It does not draw “toxins” from the whole body, repair digestion or do the work of your liver and kidneys.
Questions people ask
Please don’t worry. You stay covered, and waste goes straight into the closed system, so you see none of it and there should be no smell or mess.
It should not. Fullness, cramping, movement in your belly or the urge to go can come and pass. If anything hurts, tell your therapist at once.
Yes, if you feel comfortable and your symptoms and health history allow it. If your bleeding is heavy, your cramps are strong or you feel unwell, another day may be easier.
