Colon Hydrotherapy verified by Dr. Janet Beaty, N.D

Janet Beaty, N.D., Took Training in Colon Hydrotherapy

“My original training in colon hydrotherapy was

when I administered it twenty-five years ago as part of my

massage therapy program and that training went a lot deeper

when I attended Bastyre University. I was one of several

Instructors in colon hydrotherapy at that naturopathic

College,” says Janet Beaty, ND, whose practice is in West

Concord, Massachusetts. “Now I don’t own the physical

facilities for doing it in my office but I regularly refer patients

to a competent nearby colon hydrotherapist.

“My experience with the treatment is totally positive. I refer

people to have it when they are constipated because

their colons are not fully emptying and bringing on GI

discomforts of some kind. My sense is that the patient must

empty out old waste products so that there is no interference

with healing modalities,” states Dr. Beaty. “I am using colon

hydrotherapy as my beginning treatment for detoxification,

particularly for patients with congested bowels. While I focus

on the gastrointestinal aspects of colon hydrotherapy, I also

prescribe it for the treatment of allergies, arthritis, and other

health difficulties.

“If I had my druthers, I would get all of the patients with

any health problems on colon hydrotherapy.  Why I don't

is because it entails the payment of cash-out-of-pocket and

some people find the concept too ‘kinky’ even to imagine

doing it,” Dr. Beaty says. “Yet, probably most patients should

receive at least one colon hydrotherapy during the course of

taking care of themselves. It is a very helpful tool for nearly

any patient in order to get the bowel peristalsis to work. A

effective technique for stimulating such peristalsis is to start

out with giving colon hydrotherapy using warm water and

gradually decreasing the water temperature as treatment

continues. This lower temperature tends to stimulate the

bowel muscles. The cold temperatures cause good peristaltic

action for a retraining of the bowel.

“The ideal treatment program I follow is that from

four to eight weeks the patient receives colon hydrotherapy.

This time frame is necessary for unloading a bunch of toxins

from the liver. Here is a typical case history: a thirty-sixyear-

old patient, Mrs. Cynthia Mangie, had experienced

several ectopic pregnancies which resulted in her having a

number of miscarriages and ending with chronic

endometriosis. Also, she had her belly sliced into many times.

Her caesarian pregnancies left her with too much scar tissue

so that now the endometriosis must be managed without

further surgery,” says Dr. Janet Beaty. “The solution to my

patient’s problem of endometrial pain is to take a colon

hydrotherapy one week before her period. The pain is then

reduced markedly because her usual premenstrual

constipation is prevented. With the bowel clean, Mrs. Mangie

has more room in her belly. She currently takes colon

hydrotherapy routinely for improving the quality of her life.”

Resources: Value of Colon Hydrotherapy Verified By Medical Professionals
Prescribing It -Townsend Letter For Doctors and Patients Aug/Sept 2000
#205-206