How to Make Herbal Bath Tea Bags (Plus a Rose & Chamomile Recipe)

Using herbal bath tea bags is the easiest and most convenient way to get healing herbs into your tub. Read on to find out how to make your own bath tea bags and get my herbal bath bag recipe with the relaxing benefits of rose and chamomile.

Grabbing an herbal bath tea bag is part of setting up for bath time at our house. My family members get out their towel, pajamas and a bath tea bag before settling into their healing routine of the evening bath. Herbal bath tea bags are easy to put together and they also make great DIY gifts.

Herbal bathing is relaxing, enjoyable and an invaluable self-care tool. Reducing stress is one of the most effective things we can do to increase our vitality, and taking time to luxuriate in the bath is a well-known stress-buster. If you enjoy bathing, then an herbal bathing routine can be one of your best tools for taming the accumulated stress and tension of everyday life.

I love bathing with herbs because it is a powerful therapy that is easily incorporated into our busy lives. Everyone washes with water; it really is not that much extra effort to throw some herbs into the routine. I bathe in herbs almost daily and feel that my herbal bathing rituals are an extremely important part of my preventive health care plan. They just make me feel good!

How Do You Make Herbal Bath Tea Bags?

Herbal bath tea bags are made with dried herbs. I have a large jar full of these herbal bath bags in the bathroom cupboard.

To make a DIY bath bag, put 4 tablespoons of dried herbs into a sock, old piece of T-shirt fabric, cotton muslin tea bag or just about any kind of tightly woven cloth. Use string or a rubber band and tie the cloth shut to make a sachet, pouch, or bath bag with the herbs in the cloth.

You can make your own fabric pouch for your herbal bath tea bags and tie them with string or a rubber band so the herbs don’t leak out. I purchase cotton muslin at the fabric store and cut it into 7×7-inch pieces.

Another option is to purchase cotton muslin bags at Mountain Rose Herbs.

Rose & Chamomile Herbal Bath Bag Recipe

This is a favorite herbal bath tea bag recipe for helping to relax and bring a peaceful sleep. I love the combination of roses (Rosa spp.) and chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla).

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons dried chamomile
• 2 tablespoons dried rose petals

Instructions

1. Add the herbs to a sock or muslin or cotton pouch.
2. Secure the sock or pouch tightly so the herbs don’t spill out.
3. Hook or loosely tie the little sachet of herbs under the tub spout so the water will pour through your homemade bath tea bag as your bath fills up.
4. Once your bath is drawn, just let the sachet of herbs float in the tub.
5. Squeeze the herbal bath bag several times while you are in the bath.
6. Breathe in the scent and watch the water change color.
7. Remove the bath tea bag when you are finished with your bath.

Notes

• Bath bags can be used 3 times within about 4 days. If the wet pouch sits around longer than that, it gets moldy. We use the same pouch for 3 days in a row then remove the herbs.
• Rinse the herbs out of the pouch. Wash and dry the material that you used to make the herbal bath tea bag and re-use it.

Enjoy your herbal bath tea bags!