How Do You Do A Sitz Bath At Home?
A sitz bath is often recommended by doctors or alternative medicine practitioners to ease discomforts from episiotomies from childbirth, hemorrhoids, anal or vaginal fissures and other conditions. A sitz bath is often used in a hospital but can be purchased, or easily made, for home use. It is used by sitting in a warm to hot bath that submerges the buttocks and hips. Here’s how to do a sitz bath at home. Find, or purchase, a large bowl. A bowl approximately 8 inches deep will work as will a plastic storage tote. Some people may opt to use the bathtub, but a sitz bath is more for use in submerging the buttocks and hip area not the legs. Place the bowl, or plastic storage container, in the bathtub or on a towel on the floor. Use whichever one is easiest for you to get up from. Fill the bowl one third full of medium hot water. This won’t look like much, but once you sit in it the water will rise considerably. Use your elbow to test the water temperature for comfort level. (Don’t use your
