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There is a great deal of confusion and disagreement when it comes to defining a normal elimination. Some colon books say that there should be an elimination through the alimentary canal three times a day. This may happen if someone is on a raw food diet, but such is generally not the case. On the other hand, many doctors feel that a person’s bowel pattern is normal even if eliminations occur only three or four times a month. Edgar Cayce saw things differently. He said that there should be at least one good, thorough elimination each day. As one gets older and has less physical activity, it becomes even more important to have a full, daily elimination. He did not explain what “thorough” or “full” meant, but it is generally understood that the sigmoid and descending colon, that together are about 1½ to 2 feet long and 2 to 2½ inches in diameter, should empty with each bowel movement.

There is also a great deal of confusion and misunderstanding about the location and shape of the stomach, small intestine, and colon. For example, people often rub their abdomen below the navel, and mistakenly complain that they have a stomachache, when what they really mean is that they have gas pains in their intestines or colon, or are feeling constipated. The stomach itself is on the left side of the body underneath the lower ribcage. Some people have some very odd notions about the shape of these organs, as well. An elderly man initially asked why I was massaging the right side of his “stomach” during his colonic. When I explained that I was massaging his colon, which is shaped like an upside down “U,” he related that he had always thought it was shaped like a balloon.