Many mainstream physicians from a variety of backgrounds by now have acknowledged the benefits of colon hydrotherapy. Dr. Leonard Smith from Gainesville, Florida, USA, is one of them. Dr. Smith has been a surgeon for over 25 years and practiced as a specialist in gastrointestinal surgery. He published his views on the subject in the Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients. They can be summarized in three main points:- Colon hydrotherapy is far more effective when given before surgery than any of the many different pre-surgery solutions that patients are usually made to imbibe. This is so because colon hydrotherapy does NOT produce the same upsetting side effects of vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps and the like.
- Colon hydrotherapy gently takes care of any form of chronic constipation, also and especially for the seriously ill suffering from toxemia. Cancer patients in particular should take frequent colon hydrotherapy sessions to reduce the toxic burden of both the cancer as well as the treatments usually administered to combat the cancer.
- Colon hydrotherapy likewise is good for healthy individuals as preventative measure to avoid toxic build-up. The procedure is highly recommendable for anyone, says Dr. Smith, as “Most people fail to fully evacuate the colon, something they don’t realize. People undergoing colon hydrotherapy on a prevention basis become quite surprised at how much waste is removed…”
Therefore, Dr. Smith concludes, “Without any reservation I declare that my wish is to see it become an established procedure for many kinds of gastrointestinal problems… If medical centers, hospitals, and clinics installed colon hydrotherapy departments, they would find such departments just as efficacious for patients as their present treatment areas that are devoted to physiotherapy.”
Dr. Leonard Smith knows what he is talking about, and why he makes his points. In his long career as a surgeon he had to operate on many different pathologies, including cancer of the colon, colon diverticulitis, appendicitis, and many other internal organ problems.