International studies show that up to 35 per cent of pregnant women could be affected by piles, or haemorrhoids. While it’s ...

Cloves, known for their strong aroma and medicinal properties, are widely used in Ghanaian traditional medicine. Soaking ...

Healthcare providers warn that sitting on the toilet for more than 10 minutes can harm your health in a number of ways, like ...

Apply the compress to the abscess for 15-20 minutes, two or three times a day or as needed. Sitz baths. A sitz bath is a warm, shallow soak for your buttocks and genitals. It can be very soothing ...

After a month in the hospital, I continued to be confined, in doors at home with hot sitz baths for my legs and exercises to learn how to walk again. This lasted close to a year. I was lucky to ...

After a month in the hospital, I continued to be confined, in doors at home with hot sitz baths for my legs and exercises to learn how to walk again. This lasted close to a year. I was lucky to have ...

To relieve the pain from swelling, laceration, tear, or episiotomy, fill a sitz bath or basin with warm water. Soaking your bottom in a sitz bath increases blood flow to the area, reduces ...

What are the benefits of soaking in an Epsom salt bath? Different than a sitz bath, which usually consists of warm water only and is often taken in a very small amount of water targeting a ...

Past visitors enjoyed the Buckstaff Bathhouse's assortment of novel offerings, particularly its sitz baths (soaking water up to the hips) and vapor cabinets (essentially an early version of a ...

Another way is Purgatory. Soap and water may be enough to cleanse my body; however, both can be applied in different ways: sitz bath, sponge bath or shower. The Church encourages us to pray for ...

If a cyst is painful, tender, or causing you discomfort, your provider may recommend taking a sitz bath several times a day for three to four days. To do a sitz bath at home: If you don’t have a ...