Herbal Baths

Hear me out here... what if... just what if... you infused yourself in tea? While I wouldn’t recommend drinking the resulting liquid, you will deeply enjoy the experience of being the infuser and infused.

We might remember the oatmeal bath from childhood and its soothing effect for rashes and dry itchy skin conditions. Yes. I would consider this an herbal bath, because oat is an amazing herb I use often as both food and medicine.

Aromatic herbs like rose or chamomile can be added for relaxing or aphrodisiac effects. Astringent herbs such as lady’s mantle and raspberry leaf are often used in postpartum healing to help relieve the vaginal stress and perhaps tears to the perineum (as a sitz bath). You might also include epsom salts here as well.

In short, whatever herbs induce a certain feeling when drunk in tea can foster a full body experience when you yourself are a part of said tea.

To make an herbal bath:

You can throw the herbs directly into the tub, but the cleanup can cause more stress than the bath resolved. Instead bundle your herbs up in a cheesecloth, tie together with twine and hang the bundle from the faucet so the hot water can run over the herbs as the bath fills.

Also, footbaths… (drinking resultant liquid is also not recommended).