Ep 29: The Ancient Art of Vaginal Steaming

What is vaginal steaming - and what can it be used for? I go over the history of vaginal steaming as a practice around the world, as well as signs you might benefit from a steam. Then I’ll get into how to perform a steam in the comfort of your home, and what you’ll need to get started.

Dr. Rosita Arvigo - https://rositaarvigo.com/

Keli Garza - https://www.steamychick.com/

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REFERENCES TO VAGINAL STEAMING

Compiled primarily by Kristin Gonzalez

The Trotula: An English Translation of the Medieval Compendium of Women's Medicine, Edited and Translated by Monica H.Green, University of Pennsylvania Press 2001. 12th-15th century Italy

A New Method of Curing the Venereal Disease by Fumigation authored by Sir Peter Lalonette, Paris 1776

Corpus Hippocraticum, Gynecological Treatises

Medicine and Health Care Among Chinese Ethnic Minorities, by Yan Yu and Ke Ren

Reproducing Women: Medicine, Metaphor, and Childbirth in Late Imperial China, the author Yi-Li Wu

Dictionary of the Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume 1, by Zhibin Zhang and Paul U. Unschuld

Early Chinese Medical Literature: the Mawangdui Medical Transcripts by Donald J. Harper

The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica A Translation of the ShenNong Ben Cao ling by Yang Shou-zhong

Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen : Nature, Knowledge, Imagery in an Ancient Chinese Medical Text, with an Appendix, the Doctrine of the Five Periods and Six Qi in the Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen by Paul U. Unschuld (pp. 313)

Hawaiian Herbal Medicines by June Gumantis

The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality by Kimberly Ann Johnson, 2017

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1abh68OoAb4d49bPnbOVHBro5LQHLtcB0/view?usp=sharing