Also known as yoni steaming, vaginal steaming (done with care, particularly to avoid any burns!) is a popular traditional and practice to bring relaxation, ease inflammation and promote healing of your vagina after childbirth — although it can also be used at any other time of the life of a woman. It consists in filling a large, shallow bowl with a strong herbal infusion, and sitting about a meter above it, or squatting over it, for as long as it is comfortable.
Herbal sitz baths are a similarly relaxing and helpful practice which can help soothe pain and irritation and to support the healing process. In this practice, you use a strained and warm but cooled down infusion in the large bowl and directly soak in it for as long as you’d like.
We have prepared a dedicated blend of herbs to support new mums through these practices. Our New Mother’s Bath Herbs is a blend of soothing and powerful herbs that can promote healing of the perineum, help re-tone the womb and relieve any pain and inflammation. These herbs are also soothing and strengthening to the nervous system, so they will contribute to easing any fatigue, tension and stress.