Because this health care method is special and simple to operate, the effects of "detoxification", "weight loss" and "cholesterol reduction" are more eye-catching. For a time, coffee enema attracted countless fans.
On a shopping website, enter the word "coffee enema" and more than 1000 pieces of product information will pop up. In addition to some sellers who specialize in selling enema bag coffee, a large number of coffee sellers have played the banner of "enema". A top coffee bean seller even launched a promotion to buy enema bag coffee.
Some people joke that coffee beans may catch up with the craze of coffee enema, and their value will skyrocket, catching up with the once popular mung beans.
The brewed coffee is not for drinking, but for enema. Recently, this alternative coffee enema "regimen" is quite popular, and many people try their best to join the coffee enema family bravely. Is the incredible coffee enema regimen good for the human body? Health Edition specially visited some experts in gastroenterology for this purpose, and came to the conclusion that coffee enema is not advisable, which not only has side effects, but also causes serious intestinal perforation.
Coffee enema has side effects.
Serious can cause intestinal perforation.
Expert opinions/suggestions
Coffee enema was once used to treat cancer patients.
But it didn't work.
As for the so-called coffee enema regimen, the Health Edition reporter specially visited some experts in the Department of Gastroenterology. After hearing about it, they all expressed great surprise: first, they had not been exposed to this alternative enema method; Secondly, there is no scientific basis to support this method. One thing is clear: they don't admit it.
According to the data, the method of "coffee enema" originated from Gehlsen, a western expert in 1930s, who first applied coffee enema to cancer patients. According to the theory of "coffee enema", the liver is an important organ for detoxification. As long as it can stimulate the liver to eliminate these metabolic toxins more, it can treat tumors. Coffee enema can dilate biliary tract and promote bile excretion. Therefore, Gehlsen believes that coffee enema can promote toxin excretion and treat tumors.
No matter how the detoxification effect of coffee on the liver is, it can be seen that the function of coffee enema is completely different from that of traditional enema. Its purpose is neither to clean the intestine nor to administer drugs locally to the intestine, but to stimulate the liver. However, this theory is not new now.
Accepted by medical theorists.
In fact, "expanding biliary tract and promoting bile excretion" is not a manifestation of enhanced liver detoxification function. This method has never been respected in the medical field. "If coffee enema is really so effective in treating tumors and has been studied for a long time, it should become the mainstream therapy now, so this method is not feasible." A gastroenterologist said.
Healthy people shouldn't casually enema.
Aside from coffee, just enema twice a day is enough for professional doctors to question. Dr. Meng Lina, director of the Department of Gastroenterology, Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, explained that enema is a technique to infuse drugs or clean intestines by injecting liquid into rectum, which is generally only used for patients with intractable constipation or severe intestinal obstruction, and its main purpose is to help patients excrete. It has two main functions: one is to clean the intestines, and the other is to administer drugs through the intestines.
It is true that our intestines need to be cleaned, but the prevalence of enema is still in the past when laxatives were underdeveloped. According to reports, the emergence of laxatives has largely replaced the enema method. Even for patients, frequent enema is not advocated unless absolutely necessary, and it is not respected or even opposed to healthy people.
Director Meng introduced that although enema can help excretion, it also has obvious side effects. First of all, repeated enema itself is a stimulus to the intestine. Over time, it will cause intestinal dependence on this stimulus, lead to the loss of intestinal peristalsis, and may lead to more serious constipation. In addition, repeated intestinal flushing will not only wash away harmful bacteria, but also wash away a large number of beneficial bacteria, which will lead to intestinal flora imbalance, a series of intestinal problems, and even a decline in systemic immunity. Finally, frequent enema, if not careful, will cause intestinal mucosal damage and even intestinal perforation.
When we do colonoscopy for some patients who have to clean their intestines by enema, we sometimes find that the intestinal mucosa is damaged, which may be related to enema. Director Meng said.
It is more risky to enema yourself at home.
Director Meng specially reminded that enema at home is unsafe, especially for many people who aim at health care. Without the guidance of professional doctors, it is more likely to cause injuries. First of all, the temperature of enema is difficult to grasp. Too hot or too cold enema can cause intestinal discomfort, and too hot enema can also cause rectal burns. Moreover, the instruments at home are often easy to be disinfected incompletely, which will cause infection.
"When the liquid poured into the intestinal cavity is discharged, it will also take away a lot of intestinal fluid, leading to electrolyte disorder. In contrast, the advantages of oral laxatives are more obvious. Usually, if it is not a serious patient, we will only use enema to clean the intestines when we need emergency surgery and have no time to take medicine. When treating patients, we will carefully choose enema, not to mention healthy people, and we should not go to frequent enema at all. " Director Meng said that the human body has its own physiological feedback mechanism, and excessive man-made sabotage intervention will cause damage to it, which is harmful and useless.