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Joan Carstens Jones
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Colonics Using Water to De- Stress the Body = Relief
The last part of our long digestive tract is called the colon (large intestine) . It is where the products of digestion end up to be held for disposal. We'd rather not think about this part of our body, yet it is very important to do so. Colon health equates to overall health. Pollution within the body will result in illness now and/or in years to come. We are fortunate to have the colonic available to unburden this important organ of its accumulated waste and to tone it to work as it was meant to work.
Colonic is the safe, gentle infusion of warm filtered water into the rectum using no chemicals or drugs. This is a restorative, painless procedure which is both relaxing and effective. The gowned individual lies comfortably on a treatment table and a small speculum is inserted into the rectum. The temperature and pressure of the water are monitored by the therapist while being infused in and out of the colon. This method provides a closed system in which waste material is eliminated through the instrument and out the drain line, avoiding ally offensive odor and maintaining the dignity of the individual. Disposable, one time use instruments are used.
Colonics are an extended and more complete form of an enema. The enema's cleansing activity is limited to the area of the rectum and to shorter periods of time due to the body's natural wish to expel any material from the rectum. The colon hydrotherapy method extends beyond the rectum to cleanse the entire large intestine and offers greater cleansing and therapeutic benefits.
Give yourself the stress relieving experience of treatment. Establish new health goals. Give yourself the boost of less toxins in your system and a better functioning colon. Colonics are the equivalent of physical therapy for this most important part of your anatomy.
I am available for discussion and appointments as I have been since 1981.
Joan Carstens Jones, LPN,CCT 410/944-8158
DISCUSSION OF ALIMENTARY TOXEMIA BEFORE THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE OF GREAT BRITAIN
Alimentary toxemia refers to the body’s absorption of toxic, poisonous substances through the mechanical and chemical process of digestion. Recently, the subject of alimentary toxemia was discussed in London before the Royal Society of Medicine by fifty-seven of the leading physicians in Great Britain. Among the speakers were many eminent surgeons, physicians, and specialists in the various branches of medicine. Their findings are revelatory.
POISONS OF ALIMENTARY INTESTINAL TOXEMIA
The following is a list of the various poisons ingested by the body as noted by the several speakers: Indol, skarol, phenol, cresol, indican, sulphuretted hydrogen, ammonia, histidine, indican, urobilin, methylmercaptan, tetramerhy-lendiamin, pentamethy lendiamine, putrescrine, cadaveric, neurin, cholin, muscarine, butyric acid, bera-imidazzolethy-lamine, methylagandinine, ptomarrophine, botuoline, tyramine, agmatine, tryptophan, sepsin, idolethylamine, sulperroglobine.
Of the 36 poisons mentioned above, several are highly active, producing profound effects, even in very small quantities. In cases of alimentary toxins some one or several of these poisons are constantly bathing the delicate body cells, establishing conditions which finally result in grave cases of disease.
SYMPTOMS AND DISEASES DUE TO ALIMENTARY TOXEMIA
These findings are not theories. They are the result of demonstrations performed in actual practice by leading physicians. It is not claimed that alimentary toxemia is the single cause of the symptoms and diseases mentioned. In the following summary, the various symptoms and disorders mentioned in the discussion in London, to which reference has been made above, are grouped and classified.
DISORDERS AND RELATED SYMPTOMS
THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS
Duodenal ulcer causing partial or complete obstruction of the duodenum; pyloric spasm; pyloric obstructions; distension and dilation of the stomach; gastric ulcer; cancer of the stomach; adhesions of the omentum to the stomach and liver; inflammation of the liver; cancer of the liver.
The muscular walls of the intestine as well as other muscles atrophy, so that the passage of their contents is hindered. The abdominal viscera lose their normal relationship to the spine and to each other, due to the weakening of abdominal muscles. These displacements are much more marked and serious in women. Other conditions include catarrh of the intestine; foul gases, and foul smelling stools; colitis; acute enteritis; appendicitis; acute and chronic adhesions and “kinks” of the intestine; visceroptosis; enlargement of spleen, distended abdomen; tenderness of the abdomen; summer diarrhea in children; inflammation of pancreas; chronic dragging abdominal pains; gastritis; cancer of the pancreas; inflammatory changes of gall bladder, cancer of gall bladder; gallstones; degeneration of liver; cirrhosis of liver; infection of the gums; decay of the teeth; and ulcers in the mouth and pharynx.
HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS
Wasting and weakening of the heart muscles; microbic cyamosis from breaking up of blood cells; fatty degeneration of the heart; endocarditis; myocarditis; subnormal blood pressure; enlargement of the heart; the dilation of the aorta; high blood pressure; arteriosclerosis; permanent dilation of arteries.
Dr. W. Bezley says: “There are a few phases of cardiovascular trouble (disease of heart and blood vessels) with which disorder of some part of the alimentary tract is not causatively associated.”
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Headaches of various kinds - frontal, occipital, temporal, dull or intense, hemicrania, headache of a character to lead to a mistaken diagnosis of brain tumour. Dr. Lane tells of a case where a surgeon had proposed an operation for the removal of a tumour from the frontal lobe of the brain. The difficulty was wholly removed by the exclusion of the colon. Acute neuralgia pains in the legs; neuritis; twitching of the eyes and of muscles of face, arms, legs, etc. lassitude; irritability; disturbances of nervous system, varying from simple headaches to absolute collapse; mental and physical depression, Insomnia; trouble sleeping; unpleasant dreams; unrefreshing sleep; awakening tired; excessive sleepiness; falling asleep in the daytime; shivery sensation across lower spinal region; burning sensations in the face, hands, etc.; epileptic form tic; typhoid state; paralysis; chronic fatigue; fear of noises; morbid introspection; perverted moral feelings; melancholia; mania; loss of memory; difficulty in concentrating; imbecility; insanity; delirium; coma.
THE EYES
Degenerative changes in the eye; inflammation of the lens; inflammation of the optic nerve; hardening of the lens; sclerotitis; sclerokeratitis; iritis; iridocyclitis; cataract; recurrent hemorrhage in the retina; eye dull and heavy.
THE SKIN
Formation of wrinkles; thin, inelastic, starchy skin; pigmentations of the skin - yellow, brown, slate-black, blue; muddy complexion; offensive secretion from the skin of flexures; thickening of the skin; sores and boils; pemphigus, pruritus; herpes; eczema; dermatitis; lupus erythematosus; acne rosacea; cold clammy extremities; dark circles under the eyes; seborrhea; psoriasis; alopecia, lichen; planus, jaundice.
MUSCLES AND JOINTS
Degeneration of the muscles leading to dorsal excurvation, round shoulders, lateral curvature, flat-feet, and knock-knees; weakness of abdominal muscles causing accumulation of feces in the pelvic colon, which renders evacuation of contents more and more difficult; prominence of bones; rheumatic pains simulating sciatica and lumbago; various muscular pains; muscular rheumatism; arthritis deformities; synovitis; rickets; arthritis-acute, chronic, tubercle, and rheumatoid.
GENITO-URINARY AND REPRODUCTION ORGANS
Various displacements; distortion and disease of the uterus; change in the whole form and contour of a woman; fibrosis of breast; wasting of breasts; induration of breasts; sub-acute and chronic mastitis; cancer of breasts; merritus and endometriois; infection of bladder especially in women; frequent urination; albumsosuria; acute nephritis; movable kidney; floating kidney.
GENERAL DISORDERS AND DISTURBANCES OF NUTRITION
Degeneration of the organs of elimination, especially the liver, kidneys (Bright’s disease) and spleen; pernicious anemia; lowered resistance to infection of all kinds; premature senile decay; retardation of growth in children, accompanied by mental irritability and muscular fatigue; adenoids, enlarged tonsils; scurvy; enlarged thyroid (goiter); various tumours and thyroid; Raynaud’s disease.
In those who apparently suffer no harm from constipation during a long series of years there is perhaps, as suggested by Hertz, a partial immunity established. The writer has long believed that such an immunity is sometimes established in the very obstinate constipation that accompanies absolute fasting, because of the cleansing of the tongue and reappearance of appetite which often occurs at the end of the second or third week of the fast - a phenomenon very like that which appears in typhoid fever and other continued fevers.
It must not be supposed, however, that even the establishment of so-called immunity insures the body against all injury. The labour of eliminating an enormous amount of virulent toxins, which falls upon the kidneys, damages the renal tissues and produces premature failure of these essential organs. Any process that develops toxins within the body is a menace to the life of the tissues and should be suppressed as far as possible, and as quickly as possible.
The fact that symptoms of poisoning resulting from constipation do not appear at once is no evidence that injury is not done. Dr. William Hunter, in the course of the London discussion, remarked that the fact that chronic constipation “might exist in certain individuals as an almost permanent condition without apparently causing ill health is due solely to the power and protective action of the liver. It is not any evidence of the comparative harmlessness of constipation per se, but only an evidence that the individual possesses the cecum and the colon of an ox, with liver of a pig, capable of doing any amount of detoxification.”
In the face of such an array of evidence supported by the authority of nearly sixty eminent English physicians - and many hundreds of other English, American, German and French physicians whose names might be added - it is no longer possible to ignore the importance of alimentary toxemia or autointoxication as a fact in the production of disease. To no other single cause is it possible to attribute one-tenth as many various and widely diverse disorders. It may be said that almost every chronic disease known is directly or indirectly due to the influence of bacterial poisons absorbed from the intestine. The colon may be justly looked upon as a veritable Pandora’s box, out of which come more human misery and suffering, mental and moral, as well as physical, than from any other known source.
The colon is a sewage system, but by neglect and abuse, it becomes a cesspool. When it is clean and normal we are well and happy. Let it stagnate and it will distil the poisons of decay, fermentation, and putrefaction into the blood, thereby poisoning the brain and nervous system so that we become mentally depressed and irritable; poisoning the heart so that we are weak and listless; poisoning the lungs so that our breath is foul; poisoning the digestive organs so that we are distressed and bloated; and poisoning the blood so that skin becomes sallow and unhealthy. In short, every organ of the body is poisoned, causing us to look and feel old, with stiff and painful joints, dull eyes, a sluggish brain, and little pleasure left in living.