What are the methods of detoxification and bowel cleansing

First of all, it must be made clear that there is no official concept of "detoxification and colon cleansing" in modern medicine, nor does there exist a specialized "colon cleansing and detoxifying drug". The products that are often mentioned on the market are essentially cathartics, gastrointestinal motility drugs, and intestinal microecological preparations. In addition, the medical community is very controversial about the use of drugs for healthy people to cleanse the intestines. The mainstream view is that it is completely unnecessary.

Two weeks ago, I met a 1998-year-old girl who followed the trend and bought the "Japanese powder pills" recommended by bloggers to get rid of acne. She took them for less than half a year. She used to have regular bowel movements every day, but later she couldn't poop out at all if she didn't eat them. After a colonoscopy, she found that the entire intestinal wall was black, which is a typical melanosis of the colon caused by eating too much stimulating laxatives. She thought she was "detoxifying", but she didn't know that her intestinal mucosal barrier was damaged.

Scenes that really require the use of drugs with similar effects are mostly pathological conditions such as pre-colonoscopy preparation and severe functional constipation. For example, the polyethylene glycol electrolyte powder you drink before colonoscopy is an isotonic cathartic. After drinking it, it can quickly clear the intestinal contents and will not take away electrolytes such as potassium and sodium from the body. It is relatively safe, but it can only be used in medical scenarios as directed by the doctor. Drinking it at home can easily lead to dehydration. Some people feel that they have smooth bowel movements after taking gastric motility drugs, so they take drugs such as Mosapride and Itopride as bowel cleansing drugs. In fact, these drugs are used to improve abdominal distension and constipation caused by insufficient gastrointestinal motility. However, if healthy people take them, they will disrupt the peristaltic rhythm of the intestine itself. Over time, they will become dependent on motility, and the intestines will not move properly.

As for the probiotics and prebiotics products that many businesses claim to be "detoxifying", they are essentially intestinal microecological preparations, such as the common Bifidobacterium triple and quadruple live bacteria tablets, which can indeed regulate unbalanced intestinal flora and improve problems such as constipation and flatulence, but they are not "detoxifying" at all, they just help the intestines return to normal working conditions.

Of course, there are many health practitioners who say that regular bowel cleansing can help with defecation, beauty and beauty, and weight loss. However, there is no evidence-based medical evidence to support such claims. Instead, there are a large number of clinical cases showing that healthy people frequently use drugs for catharsis and bowel cleansing. In mild cases, electrolyte imbalance and intestinal flora imbalance may occur. In severe cases, it may induce intestinal polyps and even intestinal perforation. To be honest, I have been in the gastroenterology department for so many years, and I have seen hundreds of times more problems with indiscriminately taking medicine to cleanse the intestines than those who really rely on bowel cleansing to "nurture a good body." If you usually eat two more mouthfuls of high-fiber foods such as celery and corn, drink enough 1.5 liters of water a day, and defecate regularly, the intestines will be able to cleanly eliminate metabolic waste by themselves, and you can't afford to waste money and suffer.