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What is the Colon?
The colon, or large intestine, is the end portion of the human digestive tract. The intestines are long, hollow tubes that run from your stomach to your anal opening. There are two intestines: the small intestine and the large intestine. The small intestine is about 25 feet long. It is about as big around as your middle finger. The small intestine empties into the large intestine, also called the colon, which is about 5 to 7 feet long. The colon is about two inches in diameter and connects your small intestine to your anus. The large intestine (colon), is shaped like a large question mark and starts out near your right hip, moves up to your ribs on the right side, goes across to the left side by your ribs, then down to the left hip where it makes an S-curve down to the anus. The last portion of the colon is called the rectum. The anal canal is one to two inches long and is surrounded by the anal sphincter muscles which squeeze the anal canal closed to make sure that stool does not leak out accidentally. When you are ready to move your bowels, you relax these sphincter muscles and release the stool.
The small intestine absorbs the nutrition from your food. The large intestine recycles water and electrolytes back into your body, and stores the waste-products of digestion until your body is ready to empty them out. There are bacteria living in the colon which digest fibers to produce energy and create valuable nutrients, such as Vitamin K and portions of the Vitamin B complex.
How do the intestines get out of shape?
Everything we put in our mouth touches and affects the walls of the stomach, small intestine, and colon (large intestine). When these substances, or their by-products are toxic, they damage the intestinal wall and cells; intoxicate the nerves and glands; and can be absorbed through the walls into the blood and lymph, and ultimately to the cells and tissue.
As a result, peristalsis, the movement of food through the digestive system, declines. Elimination becomes incomplete and waste remains in the intestines, resulting in dehydration and stagnation. This creates an erratic condition we call disease.
How is the lymph system related to the intestines?
The lymph system is part of the circulatory system and a major organ of the immune system. Its clear-to-white fluid is composed of many different types of white blood cells and other substances. One of its main jobs is to transports nutrients from the blood to each cell and removes its waste. Some of the waste is transported to the intestines via the lacteals, that part of the lymph system which empties into the small intestines. It then passes into the large intestine for elimination.
When the intestinal walls are impacted, the lymph system retains the cell waste. Lymphatic fluid becomes thicker, and if accompanied with dehydration, sets the stage for an impaired immune system because it makes it impossible for the lymph system to cleanse any impurities. Keep the lymph highly fluid by focusing on daily fluid intake, diet, and exercise.
If colonics are so good, why haven't I heard about them before?
In a way, the answer to that is a commentary on our present day lifestyle. Historically, artifacts and records show that people have regularly purified their bodies, including cleansing the colon. Around the turn of the 20th century, the present-day colonic machine was developed, providing a significantly improved method of accomplishing colon cleansing. Up to the late 1920's, many doctors had colonic machines in their offices, and machines were found in hospitals as well.
Articles dealing with colon health frequently appeared in prestigious medical and scientific journals until the early 1930's. At that time, modern man introduced drugs and surgery. These seemed to offer relatively instant relief for body ailments, resulting in purification and prevention techniques becoming less attractive. Recently, however, there has been a resurgence of interest in using natural approaches for healing the body, and colonics have rapidly been regaining the respectability they have already earned.
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