Lysol Douche

bellasalsera · Sep 20, 2003

Actually, I think the harsh, floor-cleaner Lysol IS the one they used to use. I mean, my grandma just used it a couple days ago, and she didn't mention that it was any different than before.

Roxie187 · Sep 21, 2003

After I had my son 13 years ago, my mother had me to mix lysol and water in a squeeze bottle and spray "down low" to clean my stitches and then pat dry. Heck, I was 16, I did what I was told. It never hurt me though!

NICU_Nurse, BSN, RN · Sep 21, 2003

Yes, it is actual Lysol concentrated disinfectant- the same kind you mix with a bucket of water and mop your floors with. The packages came with little pamphlets that had "proper" dilution rates- it was supposed to be tremendously diluted prior to douching with it. However, there was more than one woman who fell qite seriously ill after using it and NOT diluting it properly, or purposely using a stronger concentration (ie, they thought that it would get them cleaner). Eventually it was taken off the market by the FDA when it was deemed too risky.

Makes me clench, too. Not to mention,who wants to SMELL like that down there? Ew. Wonder how often people engaged in oral sex back then- just the thought of it is enough to make me cry.

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Sep 21, 2003

I can't imagine the smell of Lysol mixing with the smell of a woman being a good smell. I'd think the disinfectant would cause things to smell like something died and went to h--- since the female's pH would probably be thrown off.

I think the entire concept of the Lysol back then was a "please your man" thing (thank God those days are over). I doubt oral sex on a female was even a thought for the advertising exec's

Home Health Columnist / Guide · Sep 21, 2003

sanakruz

You're thinking of White Cap Pine Disinfectant.

gwenith, BSN, RN · Sep 21, 2003

There are enough jokes about women who mix up the vaseline with the Vicks vapour rub (eucalyptus/menthol impregnated chest rub for when you have a cold). I cannot imagine what this would actually be like.

bellasalsera · Sep 21, 2003

My grandma told me that although it was not advertised, it was commonly used as birth control. She became pregnant more than 16 times during her marriage, so you know it didn't work very well!!

mother/babyRN, RN · Sep 21, 2003

Hey, I remember giving coffee enemas AND cleaning out feeding tubes with a coca cola push....

bellasalsera · Sep 21, 2003

I've seen some Middle Eastern women put soap up their babies' bums when they are constipated. I don't have kids, do I don't know--does that actuallly work?

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Sep 21, 2003

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Originally posted by mother/babyRN
Hey, I remember giving coffee enemas AND cleaning out feeding tubes with a coca cola push...

Heck coffee enemas are still popular amongst celebrities. Think I'll stick with the oral route though.

Back in '93 when my dad was hospitalized with pancreatitis, he had a G-tube put in. I remember the one occasion when it got occluded, and the nurses tried ROOT BEER to flush it out with. He wound up getting another tube and Q1 irrigations.

Couldn't help but ask Grandma about the Lysol douching the other day on the phone (she's like a mom, I can ask her anything, she has to be the hippest 84 year old there is). She said she remembered the advertisements years ago, but since they used to have tons of vinegar on the farm, her mom told here to mix vinegar and water and use it. Grandma's fond memory of Lysol was "hey I remember using bottles of that stuff when I worked on housekeeping in the OR".

Long Term Care Columnist / Guide · Sep 21, 2003

I think the stuff in the brown bottle someone was asking about earlier is Hexol---the label is blue & white and features a nurse. And yes, they used THAT for a douche back in the old days, according to my Nana......maybe that was how someone got the inspiration for the movie title "Fire Down Below"!

(Yeah, bad joke, but I couldn't resist!)

ktwlpn, LPN · Sep 21, 2003

Lack of "intimate daintiness"? Loose "The precious air of romance" ??:roll WHY??? JUST...WHY?:roll I can not

wait to tell my husband this one......"O honey-please touch my intimate daintiness-it is fresh with the precious air of romance".....You can bet that the male doctor that figured this one out NEVER bent over to get a wiff of his Henry.....Or they would have been scrubbing under those foreskins with the Bon Ami.....(I remember preparing soap suds enemas with bars of ivory soap-and making suppositories from it...We still will use any soda available to unclog a g-tube.....Remember Dakins solution for decubiti? Bleach.....that used to make my toes curl)