natural colon cleanse

A friend of mine swears she kicked her divertulosis/diverticulitis she was dx with over 10 yrs ago by doing a 10-day colonic cleanse which had natural maple syrup, lemon juice and I think a couple other things in it.  She did this 4x a year and reduced it thereafter when she became asymptomatic.  She has not had an attack in over 5 years.  Can you explain this phenomonon?  I've been reading your discussions on how colon cleansing is not a good idea for us who suffer from this disease....I was thinking of doing this one, or something similar, but I don't want to worsen things.


This discussion is related to Colon Cleansing Program and Diverticulosis/Diverticulitis.

[mammo]

Colon cleanses are only useful in preperation for a colonoscopy, or when there is severe constipation.  I wouldn't do it.