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a day. For a more chronic condition, the pack is usually applied 1 to 3 times a week. |
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6. Clean the castor oil off your body with soda water 1 tsp. baking soda mixed in 1 pint of cool water. |
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7. Castor oil packs may be kept up to one year in a plastic container or zip lock bag. Store in the refrigerator. |
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Hot and Cold Alternating Sitz Baths |
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Sitz baths are useful for increasing circulation to the pelvic area of the body, helping to eliminate a situation in which normal passage of nutrients and wastes has been disrupted by a congestive process. In this way, pain can be alleviated and infections and inflammations can be more readily dealt with by the body. |
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A sitz bath is a bath which is just deep enough to cover the pelvic area. This means using a tub big enough to put just the buttocks in or filling the bathtub so that the water comes up to one's hip bones. Two tubs are needed as one is filled with hot water and one with cool to cold water. The bathtub and a laundry or dish tub work well. |
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Start with 5 minutes in the hot tub, then 2 minutes in the cold tub. Repeat the entire process 3 times, ending with the cold tub. Do not submerge the entire body. |
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1. It should always be kept in the refrigerator in a dark bottle to maintain freshness. |
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