Yu Fai postpartum practices in Thailand – also written Yoo Fai – are related to the concept of “regaining heat.” To understand this, we need to know that traditionally – in many Asian countries – blood is considered a “hot” element, and subsequently when giving birth and losing blood, the process is described as “cold.”
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Thai postpartum activities during the confinement period (about six weeks) include “lying by fire,” dietary restrictions, hot herbal compresses, massage, herbal steam and herbal bath treatments, abdominal binding, vaginal steaming (“sitting over charcoal”), and other activities that prevent “heat loss,” like for instance keeping the body covered, sexual abstinence, and avoiding the wind.
The overall focus of Yu Fai is regaining normal functioning of the body, notably of the sexual and reproductive organs, increase well-being and promote energy, support wound healing and weight loss, and regaining beauty, that is – it’s likewise done for aesthetic reasons.
In this article, we take a look at Yu Fai treatment providers in Thailand that include heat therapies in their programs, notably herbal steam baths and treatments, hot clay pots with salt, herbal compresses, sauna tents, vaginal sitz baths, and the like.
Note that you can find Yu Fai treatments with both private healers and clinics or Thai hospitals with a Thai traditional medicine department or clinic attached to it.
In Thailand, you’ll also find therapists that focus specifically (sometimes exclusively) on certain therapeutic aspects with regard to the pregnancy or postpartum period, or more generally on sexual and genital dysfunctions. Not necessarily used only in the Yu Fai confinement period, they would typically use traditional healing modalities like for instance Thai Womblifting, Karsai Nei Tsang, Yok Tong, and Chi Nei Tsang, to name some of the best known treatments.
In any case, below you’ll find a selection of postnatal Yu Fai Heat Therapy treatment providers in Thailand.
Ayurved Clinic
PLACES IN THAILAND
Bangkok
Baan Hom Samunphrai
PLACES IN THAILAND
Chiang Mai
An established Thai healing arts and Thai Massage school and treatment center located a bit outside of Chiang Mai city (Hang Quae) with on-site accommodation options.
Baan Hom offers Thai Abdominal Massage, Thai Foot Massage & Reflexology, Thai Herbal Compress Massage, Thai Massage, and more.
The center is specialized in Thai Womb lifting, Hot Salt-Filled Pot Compress Massage, Moh Tum Yae, and herbal therapies.
Baimint Spa Academy
PLACES IN THAILAND
Bangkok
The Baimint Spa Academy in Bangkok is mainly focused on training of students for the spa industry in the health and beauty sector. The academy offers both Thai and Western style spa & wellness courses. Attached to Baimint is a shop for Spa and Thai Massage products, supplies and equipment.
Ban Sabai Resorts & Spa
PLACES IN THAILAND
Chiang Mai
Ban Sabai Resort and Spa is a full service Spa and Wellness center that additionally offers a broad variety of massage and bodywork training classes, Spa, Detox and Yoga Programs, and Vipassana and Mindfulness meditation retreats.
Chiang Mai University – Faculty of Medicine
PLACES IN THAILAND
Chiang Mai
Coran Boutique Spa
PLACES IN THAILAND
Bangkok, Pattaya
Panthai Delivery
Ruen Peeranun
PLACES IN THAILAND
Bangkok
Ruen offers post-partum heat therapy services (Yu Fai), consultancy, and teaches massage therapy, Foot Massage, Aroma Massage, and Yu Fai.
Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital
PLACES IN THAILAND
Bangkok
Spa Mantra
PLACES IN THAILAND
Chiang Mai
Spa Mantra is a Thai Spa and Wellness center and a branch from the ITM Chiang Mai Thai Massage school. Connected to the Spa treatment center is a Thai Massage and Bodywork academy with both Western, Thai style, and Lanna Folk Healing training courses and workshops mostly focused on the spa industry.
Spa Sirasom
PLACES IN THAILAND
Isan, Korat (Nakhon Ratchasima)
Vichaiyut Hospital
PLACES IN THAILAND
Bangkok
Wat Po Thai Traditional Medical and Massage School
PLACES IN THAILAND
Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi
The Watpo Thai Massage School in Bangkok, the name also spelled as Wat Pho or Wat Po, is without any doubt the most famous Thai Traditional Medicine institute in the world.
The school is closely connected to the Wat Pho temple and situated in the old center of Bangkok near the Wat Pho temple grounds.
