Posted on 01/03/2005 5:08:54 AM PST by Ellesu
LOGAN, Utah -- A woman is fighting the City Council in Providence to issue her a permit to run a colon-cleansing service out of her home.
Colon hydrotherapy is a licensed procedure in other states, but in Utah is considered only a homeopathic method. Colette Yates says she has invested two years and roughly $40,000 on her home business, which focuses on removing waste from the large intestine by injecting water into the colon, where it loosens and softens waste. The water is injected through the rectum.
The Providence Planning Commission recently recommended denial of Yates' request for a permit to operate Alternatives in Health in her home. Planning commissioners said they wanted to avoid setting a precedent of allowing medically oriented businesses in residential neighborhoods.
Yates said commissioners are wary because they're not familiar with the procedure, though she provided them with detailed videos and literature.
The International Association for Colon Hydrotherapy describes it as a "safe, effective" method of removing waste from the large intestine.
"I feel it's a modality not unlike massage therapy or dermatology procedures that are already going on in this area," Yates told commissioners. "It's world-renowned, and people are doing it everywhere ... but it's relatively new to Cache Valley."
Yates became inspired two years ago to practice colon hydrotherapy after it relieved her of painful complications from fibromyalgia. She traveled to Florida for training, invested thousands of dollars on the specialized equipment, renovated two bedrooms in which to perform the procedure and obtained professional liability insurance.
Yates says she had accumulated several clients through word-of-mouth and referrals from chiropractors.
"I've helped people who've gone to doctors that said, 'We can't do anything else for you,'" Yates said. "They walk in to me so bent over and so sick that they can't function, and I'm able to help them with that."
Commissioners questioned Yates on how she would safely monitor the water pressure in clients (observing pressure gauges with automatic shut-off) and how she would dispose of waste (a closed plumbing system flushes it into the sewer).
"I haven't heard anything negative about it -- and I've been asking -- but I think it belongs in a chiropractic office," said Commissioner Kristina Lamborn, who voted to recommend denying the permit. "I feel very strongly about that."
Yates said commissioners are wary because they're not familiar with the procedure, though she provided them with detailed videos and literature.
"You know, I'm going to start thanking
the woman who cleans the restroom in
the building I work in. I'm going to start
thinking of her as a human being"
I've heard of this. Some people swear by the procedure. A friend of mine had this done and felt, uh, moved by the experience and recommended it to everyone she spoke to.
Kinda icky if you ask me.
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Whatever floats your ... uh... boat.
GREAT picture!
I thought the hose went in the other end......
Carolyn
I'm not sure I agree with this sort of back-door approach.
Thanks for sharing...
sounds like a crappy job, butt some people like it.
-Hillary Clinton (Yes, she really said that Peggy Noonan The Case Against Hillary Clinton, pg 55)"
Did you ever watch L.A. Law? It used to be the one network TV show that I liked to watch. Remember the one episode where Douglass caught the elderly black janitor in the men's room and profusely "thanked him" and tipped him $20, and came off like the total jerk that he was, just for comic relief in a serious episode?
The guy waited for Douglass to leave and then dropped the bill in the waste bin.
Same deal exactly.
Whatever happened to just taking a nice healthy dump every morning?!
By the way, these people who do this kind of stuff with water hoses have gotta have a few "issues" going. Pray for 'em.
Thanks so much for posting this. Goes great as after-breakfast reading.
Some homeopathic branches claim that we all carry many pounds of "compressed feces" which is nonsense.
A decade ago, from interest in natural healing methods, I bought a book on herbal medicines without looking inside. Imagine my surprise when I found a HUGE section in it, on "colon cleansing!"
Recommendations and "recipes" for coffee enemas, tea enemas, vitamin enemas, oil enemas, soap enemas, you name it, it was in there. Whole sections on how often, why, benefits, etc.
It was SO BIZARRE!!! I returned the book, it made me queasy.
Just thinking of it has got me on my toes today.
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