Setting a cleansing enema to an adult at home. How to make a cleansing enema for constipation, poisoning?

The article is about the procedure for cleansing the intestines with an enema, indications for the procedure and the rules for its implementation.

A cleansing enema is a special medical tool for cleaning the large intestine. It is necessary to use it only if necessary, and you should not get involved in such a tool.
But there is a real need for this procedure. And then you need to know all the subtleties of its implementation, despite the apparent simplicity.

The action of a cleansing enema

Through an enema water:

• penetrates through the rectum into the large intestine
• puts pressure on its walls, irritates them
• enhances intestinal motility
• enhances the contractions of the walls of the intestine
• lenses the remains of feces

After bowel movements, the pressure in the abdominal cavity is reduced, as a result, a decrease in blood pressure.

Important: if the procedure is purifying, absorption in the intestines should not occur, water and dissolved feces should erupt.

Indications for a cleansing enema

The procedure is shown in the following cases:

• constipation and unpleasant sensations associated with them
• poisoning
• intoxication
• preparation for childbirth
• preparation for surgical operations
• before introducing drugs into the intestines
• before the X -ray of the pelvic organs
• in front of the endoscopy of the colon
• preparation for anal sex

IMPORTANT: Testing is prohibited if there are cracks in the rectum, with hemorrhoids, with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, accompanied by bleeding, after abdominal surgical interventions in the peritoneum area, with tumors

What should be the volume of a cleansing enema?

On average, for cleansing you will need 1.5 - 2 liters of water.

Water temperature for a cleansing enema

Water should be at room temperature, and this is 18 - 22 degrees.
At this temperature, the water will not be absorbed, but will come out, washing the intestines.

The technique of conducting a cleansing enema. How to make a cleansing enema at home?

For a cleansing enema there is a mug of Esmarch.

This is a rubber tank resembling a heating pad. Some Esmarch mugs enamel or glass. On the one hand, the Esmarch mug has a rubber hose of 1, 5 m in length.

The hose, the tube is also made of rubber, at the end it has a plastic tip 8 - 10 cm in length to introduce it into the anus. At the end of the hose, a fluid coiner is attached. It is needed so that the air does not fall into the peritoneum.

The best time to set an enema

The best time for the procedure is:

• morning - 6.00 - 7.00
• evening - 21.00 - 22.00

At home, it is better to put an enema with anyone’s help, but it is possible to do it yourself.

• Prepare a place on the bed or sofa where the procedure will be carried out. To do this, lay the oilcloth and diaper
• First you need to prepare 1, 5 - 2 liters of chilled boiled water or settled water at room temperature
• Esmarch's mug raise above the bed, straightening the hose, open the crane-regulator
• Enter the tip inside with rotational movements. First 3 - 4 cm in the direction of the navel, then even at the same distance in the direction of the coccyx
• If there is an obstacle when introducing the tip, then the tip should be pulled out by 1 - 2 cm, injecting water and inserted into the anus again.
• If there is a person who helps to put an enema, he should slightly open the crane-regulator and release a small amount of water before the tip of the tip into the anus
• Lie on the left side. Bend your knees and press them to your stomach
• Lubricate the tip on the enema with petroleum jelly, glycerin or children's cream so that it gently enters the anus. Make sure that the tip is smooth and does not cause trouble and pain when introducing
• Make sure that the fluid crane in the Esmarch's circle is closed. Pour water into it
• When the intestines will be filled, and so that there is no bursting in the stomach, the patient must take deep breaths through the nose. If the feeling of bursting is very strong, it is better to lower the Esmarch's mug for a while, then raise it again for the flow of water into the intestines
• No need to pour all the water, at the bottom of the circles there should be a certain amount. Then close the tap and remove the tip.
• You need to try to stay in a position on its side for about 5 -10 minutes or walk around the room so that the water is held inside. After that visit the toilet
• After the procedure, dry the Esmarch's mug, wash the tip thoroughly with soap and disinfect

Video: Cleaning Out

Cleaning enema oil

For more efficient removal of feces, oil enemas are used.

It will take up to 100 g. To choose from:

• any vegetable oil
• vaselina
• hemp oil

It is slightly heated to a temperature of about 30 degrees and introduced using a rubber enema. The action of oil enemas is softer, delicate and fast.

Cleaning enema with salt

Sometimes, one and a half tablespoons of table salt, one and a half tablespoons of table salt are added to the water for more thorough cleansing of the intestines for an enema.

Cleaning enema preparations

For cleansing enemas, in addition to oil or table salt, they are also used:

• infusion of chamomile, yarrow, other medicinal herbs (1 glass of infusion in the volume of liquid on enema)
• glycerin (2 - 3 tablespoons)

To clean the intestines and get rid of constipation, before putting an enema, try to change your diet, including more vegetable products in it.
The laying effect has, for example, beet juice, juice from raw potatoes, onions, sauerkraut, prunes.

VIDEO: Cleaning the colon using a mug of Esmarch