{"id":1140,"date":"2019-08-08T03:10:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T03:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2019-08-13T03:27:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T03:27:31","slug":"warnings-after-woman-is-burned-by-vagina-steaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1140","title":{"rendered":"Warnings After Woman Is Burned by &#8216;Vagina Steaming&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A case study, involving a 62-year-old, was published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The woman had been suffering from a prolapsed vagina and believed the treatment could help avoid surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Vaginal steaming, which involves sitting over a hot water and herb mix, has seen a growth in popularity.<\/p>\n<p>It and other treatments for intimate areas, including vulva facials, are now available at some salons and spas.<\/p>\n<p>The LA Times first reported on the steaming trend in 2010, and it later gained widespread attention when Gwyneth Paltrow&#8217;s Goop brand recommended it.<\/p>\n<p>Spas advertising &#8220;v-steaming&#8221; claim it has been used throughout history in countries in Asia and Africa. They say the practice, which is sometimes called Yoni steaming, acts to &#8220;detox&#8221; the vagina.<\/p>\n<p>Experts, however, warn it can be dangerous and say there is no proven medical evidence for the health claims being made, including that steaming can ease period pains or help with fertility.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/health-49278279\">BBC News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A case study, involving a 62-year-old, was published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. The woman had been&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-1140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-medicine","tag-alternative-medicine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1140"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1143,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions\/1143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}