The inclusion of daily colonic irrigation, meanwhile, serves as a means of improving our digestion and the ability of the intestine to absorb nutrients from what we eat and drink.
But because of the intimate - and some would say uncomfortable - procedure and hefty price tag, many people are put off by the idea of colonic irrigation.
If large volumes of water are used in colonic irrigation, it can be absorbed enough to dilute the blood and cause chemical imbalances as well as fluid overload.
Nevertheless, interest in colonic autointoxication as a cause of illness, and in colonic irrigation as a cure, enjoyed a revival in alternative medicine at the end of the 20th century.