Mango is one of the best soluble-fiber fruits, so it wouldn't surprise me a whole lot to hear those people swear by pureed mango.
What *I've* heard of as a digestive aid, though, is papaya. I used to work at a GNC, and we sold bottles of chewable papaya enzyme tablets, as a kind of alternative to Tums. They really do work, and I still use them on the rare occasion that I need something like that. So maybe that's what you're thinking of? Papaya is also another soluble-fiber fruit, so again, the logic for it helping IBS patients is sound.
Enemas and colon flushing and all that stuff is a bad idea for IBSers. There's a chance it might make you feel better temporarily, but there's a much greater chance that the trauma of having it done is going to actually make your IBS worse - IBS being a functional disorder that's worsened by gut trauma. You couldn't pay me enough to try that!
I feel your pain about state medicaid. I've never had a colonoscopy either, because none of my doctors here have felt it's necessary, and I don't have the money to go around medicaid and have it done anyway. I'm confident in my diagnosis anyway, so it's never been a concern to me, but yeah, medicaid is a pain in the butt - no pun intended. 
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