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“My favorite support for perineal tissues after birth is Wholistic Woman's Soothing soak tea! You can make a tea with the herbs to add to your bath and then make herbal burritos with the herbs to place on your perineum. The soak feels amazing and the burritos are so comforting to the tender tissues after birth, with or without obvious tears. I have witnessed the healing power on myself as well as other women. I love how this soothing soak herbs serves a double purpose, first creating the tea and then the burritos with the same herbs!” - Amana The Heart of the Soul
Bath or Poultice: How you can use the Soothing Soak Tea topically to aid in soothing an area of pain, provide support and speed healing during any wound showing signs of infection, or to give herbal comfort to an “owie”.
Once you have made the tea following the package instructions - 4 cups of water brought to a boil and poured over 1 oz of the tea (approximately 1/2 Cup), stir briefly, cover with a lid or plate and allow it to steep 20-30 minutes - then use a fine mesh strainer, cheese cloth or thin cotton towel, and strain the tea into a container and make sure to save the steeped herbs if you want to make a poultice. If you don’t plan to make a poultice, put them in your compost or use them to fertilize a plant in your garden. The tea can be used for a bath immediately, or it can sit on the counter until you are ready for a bath. If you don’t plan to use it that day, it can be refrigerated for several days until you are ready to use it. For added soothing and healing add 1-2 cups of Epsom Salt or sea salt to the bath along with one half (2 cups) or the entire quart of tea. Add as much additional water at the hottest temperature the person taking the bath enjoys. Soak for at least 20 minutes and until your skin looks wrinkly or like a “prune”. If the area you are trying to sooth or heal doesn’t fit under water in the bath, or you hate baths, you can soak the affected area in a bowl of tea water (warm the tea up) or while in the bath use cloths continually soaked in the hot bath water and placed over the affected area while enjoying the bath on the rest of your body.
To make the poultice take the steeped herbs and open a 4x4 gauze pad all the way up or lay out a thin cotton cloth or cheesecloth and place a small handful of the steeped herbs in the middle of the pad or cloth. You will want it shaped long enough and wide enough to cover the entire area you are wanting to soothe or heal. Take the edges of the gauze pad and fold it over the steeped herbs and then roll it up, like when making a burrito. A quart of tea will provide you with 3-4 gauze pad poultices of 3”x 1” size. You can use one poultice per use and save the rest in your refrigerator. You may want to add a teaspoon or two of the tea over the stored “burritos” once you take them out of the frig. This will rehydrate the herbs a little if the poultice feels dry. Also using a healing oil like castor oil directly on the side of the poultice, where it will be applied to the skin, can aid in healing and rehydration, if needed. My favorite Castor Oil comes in a dark glass bottle. Support yourself and Wholistic Woman by clicking on the link here and order using coupon code TAMRAROLOFF for a 10% discount.
Place the poultice directly on the area that needs soothing or healing. I like to place a clean cloth over the outside to keep the herbs from staining anything. Placing a heat source - heating pad, hot water bottle, rice pack - over the top of the poultice & cloth cover will aid in the process. If the heat source sounds or feels uncomfortable it is not required. The herbs will work beautifully without it. Keep the poultice applied as long as you can, but use it at least 30-60 minutes a couple times a day. If you can sit and watch a movie for a couple hours with it on, or can wear it while you work, all the better. You can’t overuse it.
*These herbs will work for pets as well as people
The herbs in our Soothing Soak Tea have traditionally been used in some of the following ways:
Lavender – traditionally used to aid in circulation
Garlic has been traditionally used to fight infection
Ginger has been used to aid circulation, decrease inflammation and in Chinese medicine relieve dampness and chill
Marshmallow is also known to help with inflammation
Comfrey has traditionally been used for wound healing
Shepherd’s Purse has traditionally been used in wound healing for its anti-hemorrhagic properties
Thyme, Yarrow & Calendula have antiseptic and natural infection fighting properties
