Can anyone do it?

The coffee enema can be done by almost anyone as means for detoxification and rejuvenation on a regular basis or periodically when you need a cleanse.

If  you have a serious illness, you should contact your health care provider or the Gerson Institute for advise and guidance. 

Who thought of coffee enemas?

Coffee enemas were discovered by Max Gerson, M.D. while serving as a medic in World War I. He found that using coffee instead of water for enemas had healing and pain relieving benefits for the wounded soldiers. It later became a part of a regime he developed for healing--detoxification and nourishment. 

I learned about coffee enemas when I began the Gerson Therapy, a natural treatment for cancer and other degenerative diseases.

At first I was hesitant about doing them. Yet the coffee enema, along with fresh organic juices, was a key factor in the Gerson Therapy and could not be omitted. 

Faced with a life threatening disease, I was willing to try this strange sounding procedure, and much to my surprise I found it to be an easy and refreshing treatment that I actually enjoyed. I immediately felt lighter, happier and more limber. I learned that the liver not only stores toxins but is the seat of negative emotions like worry, fear, addiction and anger. When the liver is purified, the emotions are also uplifted. Soon, I understood the value of detoxifying the liver for the healing of cancer and rebuilding of the body.

Coffee Enemas relieve pain

While the use of coffee as an enema often evokes astonishment and mirth in persons who don't use enemas as well as in those who emphatically prefer to drink their coffee at the nearby Starbucks, these same people would benefit immensely from doing a coffee enema. They could get rid of their pain and other discomforts through this detoxification method. From the patient's point of view, no matter which degenerative disease is causing symptoms the coffee enema means relief from confusion, general nervous tension, depression , many allergy-related symptoms, and most importantly, from sever pain.

From: "The Gerson Therapy" by Gerson and Walker

Why it works:

The caffeine in coffee administered as an enema detoxifies the liver. While the coffee enema is being retained in the gut (for an optimum period ranging from 12 -15 minutes), all of the body's blood passes through the liver every three minutes. The hemorrhoidal blood vessels dilate from exposure to the caffeine, in turn, the liver's portal veins dilate too. Simultaneously, the bile ducts expand with blood, the bile flow increases, and the smooth muscles of these internal organs relax. The blood serum  and its many components are detoxified as this vital fluid passes through the individual's caffeinated liver. The quart of water being retained in the bowel stimulates the visceral nervous system, promoting peristalsis. The water delivered through the bowel dilutes the bile and causes an even greater increase in bile flow. There is a flushing of toxic bile which is further affected by the body's enzymatic catalyst known to physiologists as glutathion S-transferase (GST).

The GST is increased in quantity in the small bowel by 700 percent, which is an excellent physiological effect, because this enzyme quenches free radicals. These quenched radicals leave the liver and gallbladder as bile salts flowing through the duodenum. The bile salts are carried away by peristalsis in the gut, traveling from the small intestine, through the colon, an out the rectum.

The benefits of increasing quantities of GST in the gut:

GST binds bilirubin and its glucuronides so that they can be eliminated from the liver cells.

GST blocks and detoxifies carcinogens, which require oxidation or reduction to be activated. Its catalytic function produces a protective effect against many chemical carcinogens.

GST forms a covalent bond with nearly all free radical substances which is the precondition for their elimination from the body. The intermediate products of potential liver poisons also belong to this category of forming free radical pathology.

From The Gerson Therapy by Charlotte Gerson and Morton Walker