Sitz baths involve sitting in warm water that covers the buttocks and hips. They can help relieve discomfort after childbirth or from conditions like hemorrhoids, infections, and herpes. To take a sitz bath, fill a tub, bucket, or sitz bath with warm water and sit for 20-30 minutes several times a week. Adding salts or vinegar may provide additional relief depending on the issue. Care should be taken to avoid dizziness when getting up.

2. Sitz baths are very helpful for
a woman after childbirth
whether or not she had an
episiotomy.

3. A sitz bath can also be used to treat
hemorrhoids, prostate infections, anal
and vaginal fissures.
Easethe discomfort of genital herpes,
and vaginal or bladder infections.

4. A sitz bath is literally what it
sounds like - a bath where you
sit in warm water that covers
the buttocks and hips.

5. The following steps will
guide you through the
process of taking a sitz
bath.

6. You'll need a bathtub, shallow
bucket or a sitz bath.
The plastic sitz bath sits over a toilet
and is recommended.

7. Fill up your bathtub, bucket or sitz
bath with warm water.
The water should be warm enough
to be almost uncomfortable

8. In an optional step (some
practitioners skip the cold water
step).
You can fill up another bathtub,
bucket or sitz bath with cold water.

9. Most practitioners
recommend sitting in the
water for about 20-30
minutes several times a week
to promote healing.

10. When you get out of your sitz
bath, make sure you dry the
area with a clean, cotton
towel.

11. You can add salts to sitz baths if
your doctor recommends it.
This can be very helpful for vaginal
or perineal discomforts in women
(especially after childbirth).

12. Some women have found relief
from vaginal yeast infections by
adding vinegar to sitz baths.
The vinegar makes the vaginal
tissues an inhospitable home to
the yeast.

13. Caution:
Have someone help
you stand up if you
become dizzy while in
the water.

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