# High Colonics: Yay or nay? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2003, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-colonics-yay-or-nay/164264 "2003-03-26T10:17:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-colonics-yay-or-nay/164264/1 "2003-03-26T10:17:55Z")
A friend of mine is currently sining the praises of high colonics. His was wierd. He was asked to drink _16 ounces of olive oil_. A lot of colonics are simply enemas, but with mega amounts of warm, purified water. Some foks swear by this stuff. Some (a lot, I’m told) of medical proffessionals say it’s hoqwash. So, how do feel about them? Have you had one? would you have another one? I’d especially like to hear from medical professionals here. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-colonics-yay-or-nay/164264/2 "2003-03-26T11:52:27Z")
I’m not a medical professional and I’m don’t do colonics. I find it amazing that people think they can improve on years and years of evolution. Then again, there are a lot of strange folks walking the streets. Personally, I think the human body does what it needs to do pretty well without intervention, for the most part. If something isn’t working, you seek professional help. If you think you can make it work better, maybe you need to rethink. \ ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-colonics-yay-or-nay/164264/3 "2003-03-26T14:33:41Z")
Have you checked the archives? I did a search on “colonics” and got 19 hits. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-colonics-yay-or-nay/164264/4 "2003-03-26T14:59:33Z")
[Quackwatch.com](http://Quackwatch.com) is a good place to investigate all sorts of dubious medical procedures: [http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/gastro.html](http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/gastro.html) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-colonics-yay-or-nay/164264/5 "2003-03-26T16:09:35Z")
Nay! Nay! Nay! For all the reasons cited at quackwatch, and then some! QtM, MD ---
**Author:** ![Surreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-colonics-yay-or-nay/164264/6 "2003-03-26T16:58:23Z")
I pass. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-colonics-yay-or-nay/164264/7 "2003-03-26T17:26:10Z")
OMG! I just read the Quackwatch link provided, and the “Reader Protest” at the bottom has to be one of the funniest things I’ve ever read! To wit: > [@](#): > > Scientists have…realized we have a second brain, which is located in the wall of the intestine…YOU ARE THE QUACK…I hope your parents aren’t still alive to see what you’ve become. Rather crappy subject, wouldn’t you say? ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-colonics-yay-or-nay/164264/8 "2003-03-26T17:30:52Z")
Personally, I think that it is all just a bunch of sh\*t. ---
**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-colonics-yay-or-nay/164264/9 "2003-03-26T18:15:25Z")
Ah crap, everyone already used all the sh!tty jokes I was going to use. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-colonics-yay-or-nay/164264/10 "2003-03-26T20:05:26Z")
I guess that this thread is a washout .