This special blend of healing herbs is highly effective for promoting healing of the perineum or caesarean scar after childbirth.

Your Post Natal Bliss herbs:

• reduce swelling & discomfort
• prevent infection
• provide pain relief for healing tissues and help muscles relax
• speed the healing of caesarean & vaginal sutures, and vaginal tears, grazes & 'skidmarks'
• relieve perineal bruising and soreness
• shrink and heal haemorrhoids.

The Post Natal Bliss herbs come with a draw-string muslin bag which works like a big tea bag.

To enjoy a relaxing herbal soak, simply place the herbs in your muslin sachet and add to a warm bath. Soothing for the healing tissues - and the natural fragrances smell heavenly. Pure bliss for the post-natal mama and the ideal gift for any new mother. These herbs are safe for you to take your little newborn into the bath with you for some lovely skin-to-skin- just make sure someone is there to help both of you out safely, and make sure you stay well hydrated and the bath is not too hot.

You can also use the herbs to make some healing herbal liquid for your Perineal Irrigation Bottle. Place the herbal sachet in a non-metallic glass or bowl. Pour on hot water and allow to steep for about 10 minutes. Then pour the warm herbal liquid into your bottle. The bottle has a specially designed lid that provides a gentle stream to cleanse the perineum, this is easiest to do while seated on the toilet. The combination of the herbal baths plus using the peri-cleanse bottle between times greatly speeds post-natal healing.

The Post Natal Peri-Care Kit contains:

50g of Post Natal Bliss herbs, with Perineal Irrigation Bottle, muslin bag and instruction leaflet, for $14.95 (or as part of your TENS gold package).

OR, to get most benefit:

200g of Post Natal Bliss herbs, with Perineal Irrigation Bottle, muslin bag and instruction leaflet, for $34.95

Your Post Natal Bliss herbs come packaged loose in a brown paper tin-tie Detpak packet which is heat-sealed. This comes with a re-usable 100% organic, unbleached, drawstring muslin bag. The advantage of this is that you can decide yourself how much of the loose herbs you'd like to use in each bath and place the desired amount in the muslin bag yourself. Your kit also includes a soft-side plastic perineal cleansing bottle which has a special lid to provide a gentle cleansing flow.

Melbourne Doula advises using the Post Natal herbs during the first week post-partum because that is when you'll most notice the therapeutic benefit. So it is good to have them ready at hand before the baby is born. They make a wonderful Mother Blessing or Baby Shower gift!

Contents of your Post Natal Bliss bath herbs:

* Lavender - antispetic, analgesic and anti-bacterial properties

* Sage - astringent, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties * Rosemary - astringent, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties

* Calendula - anti-septic, soothing wound inflammation, general wound healing

* Wild-crafted Witch Hazel - an astringent, curbs bleeding and reduces inflammation

* Uva Ursi - astringent, anti-bacterial and antiseptic properties, reduces swelling.

* Yarrow - astringent and anti-bacterial properties; the anti-spasmodic effects reduce inflammation. A superior remedy for wounds and cuts.

* Lady's Mantle - astringent, and helps protect healing elastin fibres

* Chamomile - analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, and anti-inflammatory properties

* Comfrey - astringent, soothing and healing effects. It reduces inflammation and controls bleeding. It is a superb wound healing herb, particularly effective in slow healing wounds and to help repair tissue damage

* Shepherd's Purse - astringent, anti-septic and useful to reduce bleeding and bruising

* Celtic Sea Salt - helpful in soothing, cleansing and healing of wounds.

For more information on the use of common herbs, go to:
Ageless Herbal Encyclopaedia

Disclaimer: This information is of a general nature and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any condition.


How To Use
Fill your muslin bag with the desired amount of herbs and place in a glass jug or bowl of hot water (not boiling) and leave it to steep for about 10 minutes. Then you can use the herbal liquid to fill your peri-bottle for cleasing the perineum. You could also soak a few soft cloths in the liquid, pop them into a zip-loc bag, and put them in the freezer, if you like cold compresses. Some people regard warmth to be better for healing tissues, while others like cold compresses, particularly if there is swelling. The cold compresses work very well to shrink haemorrhoids right down. The remainder of the liquid and the sachet itself can then go into a warm bath.

Or, you can just place the muslin sachet straight in your bath. If desired, add extra sea salt, or a drop or two of tea tree oil to the bath water. The result is a lovely smelling, soothing, relaxing bath, a well-deserved treat for the new mother. If you wish, your baby can join you in the bath for some extra skin-to-skin connection, as long as someone is there to help you both get out safely.

You can also use your herbs in a sitz bath - which is simply a large bowl that you can sit in. The herbs will be more potent due to less dilution.

PERINEAL IRRIGATION BOTTLES
These plastic, soft-side bottles are ideal for cleansing the perineum during toileting during those 'stingy' post-natal days. You can fill them with luke-warm water and if you wish, add a drop of tea-tree oil or a pinch of sea salt.

You can also steep the herbs, then add the herbal water to the peri bottle, and put the rest of the herbal water in your bath, along with the herbal baggie.

The Perineal Irrigation Bottles are $2.00 each or free with your 200g kit or Gold TENS Hire