There are certain ways and means to take a sitz bath for hemorrhoids. Patients suffering from hemorrhoids can choose warm salt water or anal lotions such as Rehabin and Phellodendron lotion. Other patients will use potassium permanganate, which is generally not recommended, because potassium permanganate is a strong oxidizing chemical agent, oxidizing and corrosive, so sitz baths with potassium permanganate may not be very helpful to the condition, and there is also the possibility of burning and scorching the skin. In addition, you can use Chinese herbal medicine, including Atractylodes, Phellodendron, Sichuan pepper, forsythia, etc., with a large amount of water for decoction, the dregs of the medicine filtered through the liquid to fumigate the anus and perineum, the effect is more satisfactory. The method of fumigation is generally to use hot heat, first sitting on the basin fumigation, with the heat to make the anus, perineum parts to receive hot stimulation, so that the body’s local blood circulation to a stronger degree, so as to eliminate edema. When the water is a little cooler, you can sit the perineum into the hot water for cleaning and soaking, this process is generally in 5-10 minutes, not too long. Note that patients with high blood pressure, heart disease, must pay attention to the time can not be long, and in the time up, sitting attention to the action not too violent, to prevent accidents.