Gerson therapy includes administering enemas of coffee, [129] as well as of castor oil and sometimes of hydrogen peroxide or of ozone. [130] There have been a few cases in remote or rural settings, where rectal fluids have been used to rehydrate a person. Benefits include not needing to use sterile fluids. [56] Margolin KA, Green MR (1984). "Polymicrobial enteric septicemia from coffee enemas". The Western Journal of Medicine. 140 (3): 460. PMC 1021723. PMID 6710988. a b c [1], Consensus review of best practice of transanal irrigation in adults A V Emmanuel et al. Spinal Cord 2013. In 1694 François Mauriceau in his early-modern treatise, The Diseases of Women with Child, records that both midwives and man-midwives commonly administered clysters to labouring mothers just prior to their delivery. [91]

Debbie Nathan (14 October 2011). "A Girl Not Named Sybil". The New York Times Magazine . Retrieved 21 April 2019. If you get any of the solution on uncovered skin, you should wash the area with cold running water for at least 10 minutes. In Flora Rheta Schreiber's book Sybil, Sybil's psychiatrist asks her "What's Mama been doing to you, dear?...I know she gave you the enemas." [166] A recent case series [68] of 11 patients with five deaths illustrated the danger of phosphate enemas in high-risk patients.Molière (10 May 2018). "?Molière at Versailles". Theater in Translation. The Mercurian . Retrieved 18 July 2020. In Cervantes' Don Quixote, a narrative to Sancho includes “The Knight of the Sun ... bound hand and foot ... was administered a clyster of snow water and sand that almost disracted him" [160] Food-grade mineral oil (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 48a)". inchem.org. Archived from the original on 6 August 2007. Soranus (1956). Soranus' Gynecology. Translated by Owsei Temkin. JHU Press. pp. 62–67. ISBN 9780801843204.

Keum B, Jeen YT, Park SC, Seo YS, Kim YS, Chun HJ, Um SH, Kim CD, Ryu HS (2010). "Proctocolitis caused by coffee enemas". Am. J. Gastroenterol. 105 (1): 229–30. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2009.505. PMID 20054322. S2CID 19156781. In the first century BCE the Greek physician Asclepiades of Bithynia wrote "Treatment consists merely of three elements: drink, food, and the enema". [87] Also, he contended that indigestion is caused by particles of food that are too big and his prescribed treatment was proper amounts of food and wine followed by an enema which would remove the improper food doing the damage. [88]In 1753 an enema bag prepared from a pig's or beef's bladder attached to a tube was described by Johann Jacob Woyts as an alternative to a syringe. [93] Enemas have been used around the time of childbirth; however, there is no evidence for this practice and it is now discouraged. [64] The enema solution should be amber-coloured. If the solution darkens, do not use and return to your pharmacist for disposal. a b c Denko, JD. (April 1976). "Amplification of the erotic enema deviance". Am J Psychother. 30 (2): 236–55. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1976.30.2.236. PMID 937588. Gary M. Vilke; Gerard DeMers; Nilang Patel; Edward M. Castillo (June 2015). "Safety and Efficacy of Milk and Molasses Enemas in the Emergency Department". The Journal of Emergency Medicine. American Academy of Emergency Medicine. 48 (6): 667–70. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.01.035. PMID 25850633. S2CID 9638496 . Retrieved 19 March 2019.

Jensen, Erik (9 January 2010). "Deadly chemical being sold as miracle cure". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 24 March 2019.

a b c F. J. Carod-Artal (1 July 2011). "Hallucinogenic drugs in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures". Neurología. 30 (1): 42–49. doi: 10.1016/j.nrleng.2011.07.010. PMID 21893367.

Failure to expel all of the barium may cause constipation or possible impaction [53] and a patient who has no bowel movement for more than two days or is unable to pass gas rectally should promptly inform a physician and may require an enema or laxative. [54] Medication administration Recent research has shown that ozone water, which is sometimes used in enemas, can immediately cause microscopic colitis. [67] An international consensus on when and how to use transanal irrigation for people with bowel problems was published in 2013, offering practitioners a clear, comprehensive and simple guide to practice for the emerging therapeutic area of transanal irrigation. [50] Richter JM, Arshi NK, Oster G. Oral 5-Aminosalicylate, Mesalamine Suppository, and Mesalamine Enema as Initial Therapy for Ulcerative Proctitis in Clinical Practice with Quality of Care Implications. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016;2016:6928710. doi:10.1155/2016/6928710

The truth about chlorine dioxide and other miracle cures for autism". Health24. 11 November 2015 . Retrieved 24 March 2019. Proponents falsely claim that administering autistic children these enemas results in the expulsion of parasitic worms (" rope worms"), which actually are fragments of damaged intestinal epithelium that are misinterpreted as being human pathogens. [109] [110] Oral and rectal use of the solution has also been promoted as a cure for HIV, malaria, viral hepatitis, influenza, common colds, acne, cancer, Parkinson's, and much more.