Anyone do *alternative* enemas?

i did not benefit from vsl enemas. i just found them to be a very expensive flush down the toilet.

I mixed up some enema solution using Starwest organic slippery elm powder...... sometimes called nature's mesalamine.
Found directions online for making a large amount aimed at flushing the entire colon. Just scaled down the recipe and made a smaller batch that I keep in the fridge. When I feel that the rectal area is irritated, I fill a clean empty mesalamine enema container and apply it.
Have no trouble holding it in for a couple of hours or overnight.

Here is a website containing many enema recipes. Slippery elm is near the bottom left.

http://www.health-information-fitness.com/enemarecipes.html

Post Edited (ItsAlwaysSomething) : 5/6/2012 4:03:29 PM (GMT-6)

My ayurvedic doctor highly recommended goat's milk enemas. Haven't gone there yet - waiting till I'm in less of a flare.

bananagirl-

The recipe calls for a lot of water and the mixture does not thicken.
I saved a bottle of it in the fridge and it hasn't gotten any thicker.
Just warm about 1/3 c in the micro for about 20 secs so it's at least room temp. I don't worry too much about the temp as long as it's not too hot. Always used the script ones at room temp.

I know what you mean about trying to get it out of the enema container.
The plastic bottle for my mesalamine script was very hard to squeeze to get the contents out. The bottle for my cortisone script was lighter and easier to squeeze so I saved some empties and keep washing them in hot water and detergent for re-use.