Things You'll Need:
- Health Food Experts
- Dried Herbs
- Health Food Stores
- Sea Salts
- Sitz Bath
- Sitz Bath - Herbal Mixes
- Witch Hazel
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Step 1
Consult your doctor or midwife about whether you can submerge your perineum in water. You may get the OK for a sitz bath but not a tub bath, if you had a severe episiotomy or perineal tearing during delivery.
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Step 2
Add herbs to your bath or perineal wash bottle. If you get the OK to submerge your perineal area in a tub or if you are limited to a sitz bath, the addition of natural dried herbs to the cleansing water can alleviate pain and speed healing.
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Step 3
Boil one handful each of calendula flowers, comfrey root, yarrow flowers and rosemary leaves in a pint of water. Remove from heat and steep for several hours. The mixture can be saved in the refrigerator for several days and used in a sitz bath or perineal wash bottle to soothe tenderness, relieve inflammation, aid cell repair, protect against bacteria and improve circulation.
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Step 4
Add any one of the following to a sitz bath or tub bath: yarrow, rosemary, goldenseal, oak bark, witch hazel, sea grape bark or myrrh. Consult a health food or herbal expert on the amounts you can safely use. Your midwife should be able to suggest bath mixtures or give you resources for finding them.
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Step 5
Add sea salt to your tub bath or sitz bath. Sea salt is a pure salt form and will aid in the cleansing of perineal tears or bruising, and will help speed healing.








Comments
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 I would recommend not to use soap or bubbles in your bath water for a week or two, or until your bottom heals. You don't want to risk irritating an already sore area. Use a washcloth to clean underarms and rinse quickly just before you get out.