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I’ve always thought that after labor, women should be able to look forward to a nice quiet vacation and recovery time. Since of course this doesn’t happen and instead we get a precious and wonderful (though not always wonderfully sleeping) baby, and the lack of sleep that often accompanies, this recipe is at least a little (healing) pampering to look forward to after birth.
Herbs can be wonderful after birth and can help speed recovery times. I’ve used my healing salve on both a c-section scar and a small tear (after the second day) to speed healing and they worked great. This recipe is for an herbal infusion that is added to a relaxing bath to help ease any soreness and speed recovery. It can also be brewed and added to a Peri Bottle or cooled pad for extra comfort.
If you don’t have all of the herbs, even some of them will help… This makes a wonderful addition to a new-mommy gift basket along with some homemade natural baby care items and lotion bars for mom.
These are the specific herbs I purchased:
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup Comfrey Leaf
- 1/2 cup Lavender Flowers
- 1/4 cup Plantain Leaf
- 1/2 cup Red Raspberry Leaf
- 1/4 cup Yarrow Flower
- 1/4 cup Calendula Flowers
- 1/4 cup Shepherd’s Purse
- 1/4 cup Uva Ursi Leaf
- 1/4 cup Sea Salt or Epsom Salt
Instructions:
Mix herbs in a glass container or plastic bag. I used a half gallon mason jar. The proportions don’t have to be exact. Store for up to a year in a cool, dark, place.
How to Use:
- For bath use: add 1 cup of herbs to 2 quarts of boiling water. Remove water from heat and let sit for 20 minutes. Strain and add to a bath and soak for 20 minutes. Both mom and baby can soak to speed cord and perineum healing.
- Brew with the above ratios and add to a Peri Bottle for use after going to the bathroom.
- Pour some pre-brewed herbal mix on to pads and freeze for a pain relieving ice pack.
- Use a diluted mix around baby’s cord for healing.
Have you ever used herbs post birth? Did they help you? Share below!
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This seems pretty expensive. Can you recommend a more simplistic recipe, maybe with less ingredients.
Also; if I made this in bulk (to save money), as gifts….how long would the dried ingredients last?
Thanx for all of your awesome ideas,
Debbie
Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe. Beforey son’s birth, I had such fun purchasing and making the dried herb blend at the natural food store. Now that he is here and stz baths are in order, the brew makes our home smell lovely and my sitz bath time feels like spa time. I plan to gift a new mama friend with the herbs and a sitz bath device for her soon coming birth.
I noticed at on Mt Rose site that It stated Comfrey should not be used while nursing and Shepherd’s Purse and cause contractions….which I know that baby has already been born…so would that be a good thing? Also, what benefit does UVA Ursi add? I want to make this for my daughter who will be giving birth in a few weeks:). By the way, I love your site and was sooooo thrilled when my niece had met you at an activity that your kids share:) and you have helped her tremendously. Small world. Thanks!
I always felt comfortable using it externally at this point since it is so good for skin healing,but it could be omitted. Uva Ursi is supposed to help reduce inflammation… Such a small world 🙂 Thanks for reading!
The bad stuff comfrey does to your liver still happens when it is used externally. Also there are several kinds of comfrey and one is much harder on your liver. Find out which one you are dealing with. My midwives and herbalists both agreed that comfrey shouldn’t go into a sitz bath for at least several weeks post partum!!! It is too powerful a healer and it can close wounds too early and cause infection by preventing them from draining!
I made some of this for my friend and ended up with way too much of it. I looked up the herbs individually for other uses for them, but do you have any ideas how I can use them mixed together? I don’t want to waste it :/
I loose track of time when I am on your website. It is truly amazing and I for one am so grateful for your willingness to share. I would like your email address if possible, for some personal questions. My question is for this herbal mixture:
Should it be ground up as bit?
How much of this per “bath”?
Also, if used in a peri bottle…what happens with the herbs? Are they simmered & cooled?
Can the babies umbilical cord stump be submerged in the herb bath? I’ve read it’s supposed to stay dry I love your website! So much helpful info!! Thank you 🙂
I’d like to know the answer to this one also.
I always keep the cord from being submerged but didn’t worry if it just got slightly wet from touching my skin.
I went shopping for these ingredients but rushed and forgot the ursa and shepherd’s purse. Are there alternatives for these or would these be worth another trip across town? I couldn’t really find much online.
You can leave them out…
I made this mixture for my friend before she had her baby, she ended up with a c-section. Is it still safe for her to use? Thanks!
Yep
I was just wondering if arnica flowers would be beneficial in this? Seeing as arnica is amazing from bruises.
Arnica is great for bruising, but bad for cuts! Arnica will cause more bleeding on any open wound.
I would love to put this bath recipe together for my mommas but as wondering what the average cost of each jar of herbs came to. Anyone? thanks!