Colon Hydrotherapy
A treatment this private is best explained plainly, before you book. Warm, filtered water rinses the large intestine through a closed system, in a room of your own. Your therapist stays throughout.
- Treatment time
- About 45 minutes
- Time in clinic
- 60 to 90 minutes, with consultation and aftercare
- Available at
- Legian, Ubud, Canggu
Your visit
You change in private and lie on the treatment bed, and your therapist explains each step before the tube goes in.
- About 45 minutes
For all 45 minutes they watch the flow, and ease it if you feel uncomfortable.
Then the bathroom is yours before you dress.
Good to know
It suits you if you
- Want a feeling of fullness to ease
- Already look after what you eat and drink
- Want it beside a massage or Vitamin IV therapy
Not during pregnancy, or with inflammatory bowel disease, recent abdominal surgery, or a heart or kidney condition.
Afterwards
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 say what to expect for you.
Cramping, bloating, nausea or light-headedness may follow. Serious problems are rare: infection, bleeding or a tear in the rectum or bowel. Please see a doctor for 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
You may need the bathroom more often, and feel tired, a little light-headed or queasy for a short while.
- First 24 hours
Soup or light meals, plenty of water, herbal tea or fresh juice, and no hard exercise.
- A day or two
Go easy on alcohol, coffee and tea, dairy and red meat, and on beans, broccoli and cauliflower.
Before and after your visit
- For a day or two before, eat lightly and skip heavy or greasy meals.
- Drink plenty of water before your visit, and wear comfortable clothes.
- Tell your therapist about your health history, symptoms, medication and past abdominal or bowel procedures.
- Drink water and eat lightly afterwards, as loose stools can cost you fluid and salts.
- Keep the rest of the day easy, especially if you feel tired.
- Book ahead and our driver brings you from Kuta, Legian, Seminyak or Kerobokan, and back.
Warm water does the work
A small disposable tube is placed in the rectum, and the water runs into the colon at a controlled temperature and pressure, again and again, loosening what is there. It all leaves through sealed tubing.
That clears the large intestine for a while. It does not draw “toxins” from the whole body, repair digestion or do the work of your liver and kidneys.
Questions people ask
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, though 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 bleeding is heavy, cramps are strong or you feel unwell, another day may be easier.
