Doing a coffee enema is a powerful tool you’ll want to use if you have skin problems like eczema, brain fog, depression, fatigue, hemorrhoids, hormonal dysfunction, thyroid problems like Hashimoto’s, parasites, yeast or gut dysbiosis, joint issues like rheumatoid arthritis or even fibromyalgia.

Disclaimer: Although coffee enemas are an excellent tool to utilize in your healing journey, it’s important that you always consult your doctor and are working with a practitioner to guide you through the process and assure you that it is a safe protocol for your bio-individuality. Always work with a practitioner!

The Truth About Coffee Enemas

First of all, I have to let you know that I can’t stand the word enema! Whoever chose that word needs to be talked with. I still actually find myself avoiding saying the word out loud even though this is a protocol that I have used for years to help with Hashimoto’s.

I know enemas, in general, aren’t exactly a popular trend and putting coffee up there (ahem..) certainly isn’t something people are waiting in line to try. Also, I know there are a lot of emotions that circle around the idea of doing any type of enema, let alone a coffee enema.

When one of my practitioners first mentioned doing a coffee enema, here are some of those emotions that I was feeling:

• Uncertainty
• Confusion – coffee where?
• Sounds Risky
• Scared
• Skeptical

And I had a myriad of questions that I needed to be answered before I would even begin to entertain the thought of doing a coffee enema.

Honestly, after educating myself, getting adequate guidance and actually doing coffee enemas, I cannot sing the praises of them enough!

The symptom improvement that coffee enemas have brought me is profound. My burning skin and eczema have drastically improved, gallbladder pain has gone away, horrible PMS symptoms have subsided, depression has disappeared and so much more.

The Extensive History of Coffee Enemas

The protocol of doing an enema is not new. This procedure has been documented as early as 1550 BC by the Egyptians. In particular, coffee enemas have been around since the early 1900s and have been used in World War II to help with pain management, nausea, and anxiety. Additionally, they have been used as a core healing protocol by German physician Max Gerson who treated hundreds of terminal patients. (1) (2)

Coffee enemas were actually listed in the 9th edition of the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy {Rahway, NJ: Merck & Co, Inc; 1956:1747-1748} until 1972 as a standard treatment for health and healing. According to Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez (an editor of the Manual), the coffee enema protocol was removed from the Merck Manual due to lack of space. (3)

Enemas have long been used for helping detoxify, relieve constipation, relieve poisoning and coffee enemas specifically have been a protocol used in cancer treatment to help detoxify the body. (4)

The Function and Purpose of a Coffee Enema

Let’s put it this way, if you don’t love your organs, give them the nutrients they need to function and relieve any undue burden put on them, sickness and disease will happen.

Coffee enemas (a choloretic process that stimulates bile) are one way to reduce the toxic burden on the liver, cleanse the bile and alter the microbiome in the large intestine. Love your liver, right!?!

If you’re ready to get geeky with me, I’d like to guide you through some of the physiological processes that take place in the body when doing a coffee enema.

When organic coffee is introduced into the colon, some of the constituents are absorbed into the hemorrhoidal vein and, due to vascular dilation, are lead directly to the hepatic vein which leads directly to the liver.

There are two processes that occur at this point:

1 | The caffeine and palmitic acids in the coffee cause the liver to release bile into the system. This release triggers the gallbladder to give more bile to the liver while the old bile that was in the liver (or even stored in the gallbladder) is cleansed out of the body. (5)  Since bile is generally recycled in the body, the process of a coffee enema allows the old bile that might be storing toxins to be excreted and new, clean bile to be created and used for fat digestion.

2 | Due to the reaction in the liver from the caffeine and palmitic acids in the coffee, the master antioxidant Glutathione also increases in the body’s cells which results in the scavenging of free radicals and the gathering of rogue material to be excreted. (6) Dr. Gerson says that doing a coffee enema can actually boost glutathione-S-transferase 600-700%!

Fun Fact! In the process of doing a coffee enema, the body’s blood will circulate through the liver 4-5 times!

The Health Benefits of Doing a Coffee Enema

While you may be doing several different types of protocols at a time like diet changes, utilizing essential oils, devoting time to stress management, and even overhauling your sleep, doing a coffee enema is wonderfully beneficial to add to your routine.

• Boost Energy (not necessarily from caffeine but from cleansing the liver, colon and bile)
• Enhance Mood
• Skin Clearing
• Parasitic Death
• Eczema Improvement
• Headache reduction
• Better Sleep
• Less Anxiety and Depression
• Pain Reduction
• Anti-Aging
• Balanced Microbiome (7)
• Yeast Reduction
• Reduced Brain Fog
• Speed up Detoxification Processes
• Better Immunity and Tissue repair
• And more!

Drinking Coffee vs. Doing a Coffee Enema

I get these questions a lot – “Why can’t I just drink a cup of coffee? Won’t it have the same effect?”

When you drink a cup of coffee it goes through the entire digestive process starting in the mouth, into the stomach and then goes through all nineteen feet of the small intestine. During the journey, the coffee is broken down into various molecules, nutrients are extracted and the rest is excreted.

Conversely, when doing a coffee enema, the liquid is not broken down like it is during digestion since it is entering the body through the rectum and ultimately into the hepatic or portal vein ultimately landing in the liver. The mechanical process that occurs is not the same when you drink coffee compared to doing a coffee enema.

Type of Coffee to Use for a Coffee Enema & Brewing Technique

The type of coffee you use for the enema is very important. Equally important is the type of water used and the technique used to brew the coffee.

So let’s talk about that.

First, you’ll want to ONLY use organic coffee. Non-organic coffee is chock full of herbicides, pesticides, mold and other mycotoxins and you don’t want that entering your body. (Honestly, you don’t want that entering your mouth either!)

Second, you’ll want to get lightly air roasted coffee because it has the highest levels of palmitic acid. (8)

Third, you’ll want to use distilled water in your coffee enema, not tap water.

Fourth, you’ll want to make sure you DO NOT run your coffee through a paper or cloth filter. Doing so will deplete the kahweol and cafestol which are two diterpene palmitates {and lipids/oils} in the coffee which help with detoxification. (9) (10)

The Supplies You Will Need for a Coffee Enema

• Old Clean Towel (that you don’t mind getting coffee stains)
• Organic Expeller-Pressed Coconut Oil or Avocado Oil
• Small Pillow
• Mini Fine Mesh Strainer
• Stainless Steel Enema Bucket (Do Not use an enema bag – they can’t be cleaned well and can get moldy)
• Enema Tube
• Enema Stopcock Clamp with a Non-Return Safety Valve
• Distilled Water
• Organic Coffee (room temperature) (this one guaranteed mold-free)

• {This Kit has all the components you need – bucket, enema tube with clamp and safety valve}

How to Do a Coffee Enema and Additional Ingredients to enhance the results of the enema

There are right ways and wrong ways to perform a coffee enema. In addition, there are a lot of questions that will come up and things you’ll need for troubleshooting which is why you’ll need this downloadable guide to reference and get your questions answered.

Also, there are several ways to augment a coffee enema to help hold it in longer, provide further healing to the intestinal lining, kill microbes and even yeast and enhance the calming effect. 

Download the Super Easy How-To Guide by clicking the image below!

Who should not do a coffee enema

• Pregnant or nursing women should steer clear of this protocol
• Those who have had colon surgery may not be candidates for coffee enemas
• Those who are fasting
• If there is a known abnormality in the intestinal structure where the physician advises against doing one

Precautions to Take When Doing a Coffee Enema

• Only use room temperature water (cooled after boiled) or rectal and intestinal burns can happen.
• If you do enemas on a regular basis and/or multiple times a day it’s important to supplement with electrolytes to prevent imbalance.
• Be sure to drink plenty of filtered water before and after doing a coffee enema
• With constipation, you’ll want to be sure not to hold the enema too long. It is beneficial to do a water enema first to relieve constipation and cleanse the colon, then do a coffee enema.

Is a Coffee Enema for You?

Now that you have learned the history, benefits and supplies you’ll need to do a coffee enema, the best thing you can do is try one. Don’t forget to download the guide to learn more extensively about how to perform a coffee enema, the enhancements you can add for further benefit and troubleshooting your experience with a coffee enema.