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For a long time, the medical profession has been entangled "Can putting something in your butt solve this problem?"

Take tobacco smoke enemas as an example. In this case, doctors in the 18th century saw drowning victims and tried to kill them by blowing tobacco smoke into their rectum with a pipe. Although there are no medical benefits, this practice is very popular, and enema packs are lined up on the Thames like a lifebelt, ready to be used as a final humiliation to those swimming garbage.

This practice ended sometime after 1800, when it was clear that it did not really work, because as we all know, the anus is not really connected to the lungs, but the doctors have not fully completed it. Look around in the general area. what happened.

In short, as the Valentine’s Tweet from the British TV show QI said:

Dr. Yang's ideal rectal dilator was created in the 1890s and was not sold as a sex product, but as a serious medical tool-we are sure they are used this way. The instructions tell users—they are encouraged to prescribe and manage their own medication—start with a smaller dilator and then gradually increase.

"First heat the dilator in warm water; then use Dr Young's Piloment to lubricate the outside of the dilator (or Vaseline if not available) and gently insert it into the rectum while in a squatting position-or when lying down on the side with the raised knee All the way to the flange or the edge," the instructions read.

"Hold it for one minute, and the anal muscles will close and hold it. Sit or lie down and let it stay for half an hour or an hour to get the best results. Ten minutes will have a lot of results."

"When you are ready to change to a larger size, it is best to use the same size you have been using for a few minutes, insert and remove it several times. This is very beneficial and should not be ignored."

It is stated on the package that anyone under 8 years of age should not use it without the supervision of a doctor.

Dr. Young admitted that people often panic when they see the absolute waist circumference of the largest size, but assures them that by moving between sizes, they will be able to accommodate it, and may even want to “lengthen” the size 5 expander , The thickness is more than one and a half inches (3.8 cm). 

Some of the theories behind it make sense, or at least it is not a huge leap as imagined. For example, it promises to help defecate by "strengthening bowel-controlling muscles" and is mainly sold as a tool to relieve constipation.

Customers who use it for this purpose seem to be satisfied, including Reverand Cook and SF Loughborough, who stated that they will not sell their butt plugs for less than $100 and $10,000.

Then claim that the product can promote more refreshing sleep, can relieve bad breath and bad breath, sallow skin, acne, anemia, listlessness, mental disorders, insomnia, anorexia, headache, diarrhea (you can see it may be true, if you just put It stays inside), hemorrhoids, prolapse, flatulence (see diarrhea), indigestion, nervousness, irritability, and cold limbs.

These claims are far from medical facts, as evidenced by a court case with a shocking name.

In a court case with a very nice name—US v. 67 Sets of Dr. Young's Rectal Dilators and 83 Packages of Dr. Young's Piloment—the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruled that not only these claims were not supported by evidence, but the device "When used in accordance with the frequency and duration specified, recommended or recommended on the label, it is dangerous to health."

These products were even ordered to be destroyed before they discovered that Dr. Young had claimed in medical journals that rubber sex toys (let us face the facts here) could effectively treat mental disorders.

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