Lovers Sitz Bath (HerbladyMarilyn)
posted Thu December 8th 2011 @ 1:42 AM

This sitz bath provides 'blessed relief' for lovers bothered by chronic non-specific vaginitis or yeast.

1/2 oz. dried chaparral (Larrea tridentata) herb
1/2 ounce dried oak (Quercus spp) bark
1/2 ounce dried spilanthes (Spilanthes acmella or S. oleracea)
1/4 ounce dried marshmallow (Althea officinalis) root
1/4 ounce dried yarrow (Achillea millefolium) herb in flower
Optional: 1 ounce fresh periweinkle (Vinca) herb in flower

Boil one gallon of cold water. Add herbs, cover, turn off heat. Steep for 4-6 hours. Strain. Warm the liquid. Pour half (or a third) into each of two (or three) plastic dish pans. Bare those bottoms and sit - together- until the liquid cools.
Make fresh for each use; do not reuse. Best if repeated daily for 7-10 days.

Healing recipe by James Green - from the book 'Down There, Sexual and Reproductive Health, The Wise Woman Way by Susun S. Weed. www.susunweed.com. To read and/or listen to the complete article, you must be logged in. See below.