私密处的健康和卫生是女性们十分重视的课题,难免会有不舒服或轻微感染的状况,现代人的医药资源十分便利,但古代的女性就没这么幸福了,大家会不会好奇以前怎么清洁私密处呢? 让我们来分享历史上有趣的冷知识吧!

 

冷知识1:古代女性生理期不能洗澡?!

古代不论东方西方,水资源通常很珍贵,一般人不会天天洗澡,而且洗澡的方式多以盆浴,或是冰冷的河水、井水直接冲淋或擦洗,而女性经期时,中医有「不可受寒」之说,古代西医则发现盆浴容易感染,因此不约而同认为女性经期时不可洗澡,直到经期结束才可沐浴清洗。

 

冷知识2:莲蓬头的发明让女性生理期终于可以洗澡!

随着医疗卫生的知识越来越丰富健全,发现生理期的经血及分泌物是细菌滋养的温床,且西方在十九世纪中叶开始发明莲蓬头,因此西方医学开始倡导女性生理期要勤以温水全身沐浴清洗,而中国则因较晚引进西式沐浴用具,但为了维护女性生理卫生,二十世纪初开始建议女性在生理期要把水煮沸或加入其它消毒杀菌剂后,局部清洁腰部以下,女人终于可以在生理期时洗香香了!

 

冷知识3:最早的阴部灌洗液公元十六世纪就出现了!

根据纪载,最早用来治疗女性阴部不适的灌洗配方可追朔到公元1500年,用大蒜加上红酒来冲洗阴部,后来也有使用醋或酸奶…等,一直到二十世纪初期,西方开始流行使用消毒杀菌剂来冲洗阴部,美国知名家用消毒剂Lysol就是一种含有甲酚的强力消毒剂,曾以女性阴部卫生冲洗广告在当年蔚为风潮,直到数十年后才被禁止。而在医学方面的记载,阴部若有感染症状,在医师指示下,会用硼酸、明矾、碘酒等治疗。

 

到了近代,越来越多研究发现在家随意自行阴道灌洗有很大的风险,应该在有医药专业人员的指示或咨询后,选择适当的阴道灌洗药品,而目前被核可的成分只有含普威隆碘(povidone iodine)的外用制剂,例如:妇洁液。

 

 

Intimate health and hygiene are the very crucial lesson that women value as sometimes irritate so much. Unliked the convenience of modern time, women in ancient time suffer for the lake of medical resources. How do they deal with intimate cleanse back then?

 

Trivia 1 : No shower for women during the period

 

Water is seen a rare and cherished resources in ancient era no matter in western or eastern. People usually take a bath in a tub, or directly dive into iced-cold river for shower. During the period, Eastern traditional doctors suggest women not to risk catching cold whilst western doctors concern about the tub infection. All in all, they share the same point of view that women should take a bath until the period pass.

 

Trivia 2 : Women can finally take a shower during the period thanks to the showerhead

 

As the hygiene and medical knowledge popularize, people find out that the discharge and menses are the hotbed of bacteria nourishment. In the mid 19th century, the western starts to mark personal hygiene as major concern and invents the showerhead. On top of that, they encourage women to bath with warm water in the period via showerhead. The eastern is slightly late to import the bath tools but still acknowledge of using boiled water to inactivate viruses in the early 20th century.

 

Trivia 3 : The very first vaginal douche is invented in 16th century!

 

The oldest douche formulate for women intimate care can be traced back to 1500 A.D. according to the record. The formula they use are from garlic and red wine to vinegar and yogurt.

 

参考数据:

1, 周春燕(Chun-Yan Chou), 走出禁忌-近代中国女性的经期卫生(1895-1949) 国立政治大学历史学报28期 (2007 / 11 / 01) P231 – 285

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4, Funabiki M, Taguchi S, Hayashi T, Tada Y, Kitaya K, Iwaki Y, Karita M, Nakamura Y. Vaginal preparation with povidone iodine disinfection and saline douching as a safe and effective method in prevention of oocyte pickup-associated pelvic inflammation without spoiling the reproductive outcome: evidence from a large cohort study. Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol. 2014;41(6):689-90. PMID: 25551964.