OUR CLINIC

Christchurch Colon Therapy clinic uses the closed method of colonic irrigation called the Brunelle method. This method stimulates the whole colon to defecate on its own without water pressure, which is present in open systems.
Dr Roy De Welles developed the De Welles apparatus in Anaheim, California, USA 1937, (which was then modified and modernized to reflect technical advancements by John Bruniges, later combining to become the "Brunelle" Apparatus.) This method incorporated pure medical oxygen which mixed with the water prior to entering the colon (see Colon Therapy Chart picture).

The features of the Brunelle apparatus are:

• It is gravity fed (does not have a pump)
• It is attached to a normal water supply
• It has a water temperature control
• It has both an inlet and an outlet tap for total water control
• The outlet hose is able to be pulsated at specific zones of the colon
• It has a viewing tube which allows the monitoring of waste matter

A major feature of the Brunelle apparatus, which is very important, and overlooked by other colonic irrigation methods, is that the therapist is able to pulsate the outlet hose at ten specific divisions, which correspond to specific colon zones. The Brunelle method divides the colon into 10 zones. Pulsating the hose at a specific division will agitate the water inside the colon at the corresponding zone. This would help rectify a problem a problem in this colon zone, which in turn would help rectify the problem at the body?s reflex point. This is where the difference is made between good colon therapy and enemas. Some colonic therapists tend to fill the colon with water and massage on the exterior part of the abdomen, which will break up fecal lumps. However, this is not doing much more than giving an enema. It is found that with the Brunelle method, the abdominal exterior massage is only necessary when some gas or wind has been trapped in the colon and needs to be helped with its passage to the anus to be expelled.

THERAPIST PROFILE

Lenka Hlavackova B.Sc. Certified Colon therapist Graduate of Australian Institute of Health Member of Australian Colon Health Association (ACHA)