Guest guest Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Hello all and happy Fall! I posted this question on another chat group but have not been too successful on receiving suggestions so am hoping you guys can help. My wife and I are having a Baby in December. Although we are using a midwife, we have reserved a nice room at our local hospital as the location for the delivery for various reasons. The room we will have has a large Jacuzzi size tub. I am hoping some of you can advise us on ingredients for a nice herbal soak for after the baby is born. Not sure if we should focus more on cooling the area, reorganizing or what. Also, should I decoct these herbs at home first and add it to a bath or is there a better preparation? Any and all recommendations are truly appreciated. Joey Bedrosian LMBT (NC#3259) Advanced Massage Therapy 704-578-6245 nrgcreator live long & love strong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Cleaned Coscinium, thinly sliced, 5; and add 1920ml water, boiling (100C), decoct up to 480ml. Then put decocted solution(480ml) in to bath basin or your baby tub. i.e. In my opinion its better to seek a Ayurveda /herbal docter in your place to get more suggestions according babys condition. Identification: Coscinium consists of the dried stem of Coscinium fenestratum, Colebr. (N.O. Menispermaceae), a native of India and Ceylon. The drug occurs in large woody, cylindrical, straight pieces, some times as much as 10 centimetres in diameter. Externally it is yellowish-brown in colour, and longitudinally fissured, with smaller transverse fissures at intervals. Internally it is yellow, a transverse section exhibiting a large, yellow, conspicuously radiate wood, porous wood-bundles alternating with dense medullary rays, which are continued through the bast, the latter tissue being lacunous from shrinkage. The fracture is short. The drug has no odour, but a bitter taste. Regards ________________________________ Joey Bedrosian <nrgcreator Friday, September 25, 2009 4:41:58 AM Postnatal Herb Bath Hello all and happy Fall! I posted this question on another chat group but have not been too successful on receiving suggestions so am hoping you guys can help. My wife and I are having a Baby in December. Although we are using a midwife, we have reserved a nice room at our local hospital as the location for the delivery for various reasons. The room we will have has a large Jacuzzi size tub. I am hoping some of you can advise us on ingredients for a nice herbal soak for after the baby is born. Not sure if we should focus more on cooling the area, reorganizing or what. Also, should I decoct these herbs at home first and add it to a bath or is there a better preparation? Any and all recommendations are truly appreciated. Joey Bedrosian LMBT (NC#3259) Advanced Massage Therapy 704-578-6245 nrgcreator live long & love strong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 Joey, How are you intending the bath, to have your partner and your child in it after the birthing process or during? The first thing you should consider is the hospital's guidelines for such things (i imagine they don't have many requests for such things). I would certainly decoct prior with the consideration that any particles could easily lodge in the baby's mouth or any other orifice for that matter. Also, if it were me i would only purchase truly organic herbs that have not been sprayed with preservatives and certainly nothing with sulfur. There are many herbal companies in the states (and some in China, though the certification process is questionable) that offer certified organic herbs, but you may want to consider using western herbs as well. If it were me i would use light raising flowers, rose, honeysuckle (jin yin hua), lavender (forget the pin yin)... Good luck and best to you and your family! Tymothy > > Hello all and happy Fall! > > I posted this question on another chat group but have not been too successful on receiving suggestions so am hoping you guys can help. > > My wife and I are having a Baby in December. Although we are using a midwife, we have reserved a nice room at our local hospital as the location for the delivery for various reasons. The room we will have has a large Jacuzzi size tub. I am hoping some of you can advise us on ingredients for a nice herbal soak for after the baby is born. Not sure if we should focus more on cooling the area, reorganizing or what. Also, should I decoct these herbs at home first and add it to a bath or is there a better preparation? > > Any and all recommendations are truly appreciated. > > Joey Bedrosian LMBT (NC#3259) > Advanced Massage Therapy > 704-578-6245 > nrgcreator > > live long & love strong > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 Tymothy, Thanks for the reply. The bath is intended for mother only after the birth to help heal and soothe the area. The hospital is not involved in the birth; we are simply renting a room and having a midwife come to deliver. I do have access to " Asian Natural Herbs " that i know are not sulfured or adulterated with anything. My access to western herbs is a bit more limited locally, but am sure i can find something on-line. For the herbs you mentioned, should i decoct them like i would a soup and then add it to the bath water? What do you thing about Bo He? I know its used to cool exterior wind. I am growing some in my yard and can easily add that too if it would be beneficial?? Thanks again for the info! Joey Bedrosian LMBT (NC#3259) Advanced Massage Therapy 704-578-6245 nrgcreator live long & love strong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Hi Joey, Having gone through labor last December, I just wanted to let you know my thoughts about taking a post-labor soak. Please keep in mind that your wife will be bleeding heavily after labor. As comfortable as I became with my own bodily fluids during labor, I wouldn't have wanted to take a bath in my own blood afterward. I don't know if you're trying to avoid having an ice pack, but I said " no thank you " to the offer of an ice pack and " yes please " to the offer of ibuprofen, and walked home a little less than 12 hours after my son was born. So, the lack of an ice pack really didn't slow me down. Also, I hope that you're planing on drying and encapsulated your wife's placenta. A good friend of mine, dried and encapsulated mine, and it was invaluable towards my recovery. I wish you the best of luck on your journey to parenthood! Brette On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Joey Bedrosian <nrgcreatorwrote: > > > Tymothy, > > Thanks for the reply. > > The bath is intended for mother only after the birth to help heal and > soothe the area. > > The hospital is not involved in the birth; we are simply renting a room and > having a midwife come to deliver. > > I do have access to " Asian Natural Herbs " that i know are not sulfured or > adulterated with anything. My access to western herbs is a bit more limited > locally, but am sure i can find something on-line. > > For the herbs you mentioned, should i decoct them like i would a soup and > then add it to the bath water? > > What do you thing about Bo He? I know its used to cool exterior wind. I am > growing some in my yard and can easily add that too if it would be > beneficial?? > > Thanks again for the info! > > > Joey Bedrosian LMBT (NC#3259) > Advanced Massage Therapy > 704-578-6245 > nrgcreator <nrgcreator%40> > > live long & love strong > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 For postnatal healing you can use comfrey root & leaf (not chinese per se, but recommended by midwives everywhere). Sorry don't have an amount to share, but you would decoct it and make a sitz bath (not a full bath, but a little basin to sit in warm water). It helps the healing of the tissues. But if there's not a lot of trauma (beyond normal childbirth), the body does just heal on its own without intervention. I must add that Resinal K tincture from Health Concerns applied topically to perineal tears heals amazingly well. and if she doesn't have a tear, then keep it for when your little one starts toddling. boy they get into scrapes. And one drop on a massive bruise heals SO fast! sami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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