Recent Ups and Downs of Coffee Enemas
May 4th, 2021Two recent medical studies add milk and sugar, so to speak to what we know, medically, about coffee enemas.
Up with Coffee Enemas (2020)
“Coffee Enemas: A Narrative Review,” Linda L Isaacs [pictured here], Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, vol. 21, no. 12, December 2020. The author, an M.D. in Austin, Texas, explains:
Coffee enemas have been in use for at least 150 years, despite the efforts over the last several decades by some in the orthodox medical community to stamp them out as “quackery.” The author and her patients, and other practitioners, find them very useful for the alleviation of a variety of symptoms. In this review, the history of their use, possible mechanisms of action, and risks are discussed, as well as the validity of the attacks against them.
In this video, Dr. Isaacs present her view of coffee enemas:
Down with Coffee Enemas (2020)
“The Safety and Effectiveness of Self-Administered Coffee Enema: A Systematic Review of Case Reports,” Heejung Son, Hyun Jin Song, Hyun-Ju Seo, Heeyoung Lee, Sun Mi Choi, and Sanghun Lee, Medicine, vol. 99, no. 36, 2020. The authors, at Seoul National University, Chungnam National University, and several other institutions in South Korea, and the University of Florida, report:
Relevant studies were retrieved from [the major medical literature databases]….
Nine case reports that describe adverse events were identified and included in the analysis. Of these, 7 recent ones reported colitis after self-administration, mentioning that the most plausible cause assumed was the coffee fluid itself, which contained numerous chemical substances. Two others reported more critical adverse events. All 9 case reports with acceptable quality of evidence warned against the self-administration of the procedure. No study that reports the effectiveness of coffee enema was found.
Conclusions: Based on the evidences reviewed, this systematic review does not recommend coffee enema self-administration as a complementary and alternative medicine modality that can be adopted as a mean of self-care, given the unsolved issues on its safety and insufficient evidence with regard to the effectiveness.
Previous Research on Coffee Enemas
We have reported, in the magazine and here on the web site, on some earlier research studies about coffee enemas. among the more popular of these are:
- “Deaths Related to Coffee Enemas,” J.W. Eisele and D.T. Reay, Journal of the Amercian Medical Association, vol. 244, 1982, pp. 1605-9.
- “Rectal Burn Induced by Hot Coffee Enema,” L.E. Jones and W.E. Norris, Endoscopy, vol. 42 Suppl 2, 2010, p. E26 UCTN.
The Royal Treatment
Amateur research, some of it, speaks of coffee enemas as a refreshing approach to good health. Prince Charles of the UK has been reported to regularly boost and use coffee enemas as a health measure.
In this action video, a possibly amateur scientist nominative-determinedly named Anna Blackpool demonstrates the kind of therapy that Prince Charles supported on a gut level:
