A woman claims to have "cured" her endometriosis through pelvic steaming - using boiling water and stinging nettles. "

Kyleigh James, 29, was diagnosed with endometriosis aged 24 and felt there was nothing she could do to overcome her symptoms.

Endometriosis is a painful condition whereby tissue resembling the womb lining can grow in other parts of the body.

The condition left her in "debilitating pain" at any point in her cycle and she discovered pelvic steaming in her mid twenties and her agony vanished."

She tried pelvic steaming - also known as V-steaming - which involves squatting or sitting over a pot of hot water, sometimes infused with herbs.

Users believe it has health benefits.

According to the NHS website "there's currently no cure for endometriosis, but there are treatments that can help ease the symptoms"."

Treatments, according the website, include hormone medicines, surgery and painkillers - but steaming is not listed.

The NHS recommends avoiding perfumed soaps, as these can change the healthy balance of pH and bacteria in the vagina, which will clean itself.

Kyleigh, from Bend, Oregon, USA said: "When I was diagnosed with endometriosis, I felt hopeless."

"I was having debilitating pain for a long time and I had gone through the process of ultrasound to see if it was cysts."

"Sex hurt, my day-to-day hurt and I heard about pelvic steaming on a podcast. "

"I got my kettle going, a heat safe safe bowl and added some camomile leaves from my pantry. "

"I kneeled over it and it felt so relaxing and amazing."

"I noticed my pain started going away."

Kyleigh was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2017 and was worried as women in her family had

hysterectomies after having children.

She said after a month she also noticed "signs of vaginal infection disappeared"."

She added: "I usually would have gross discharge, foul odour and chronic yeast infection and was told it was normal and to deal with it."

Kyleigh had tried an array of different birth control methods - often relied on to mitigate endometriosis symptoms.

"I was no longer buckling over in pain and everything started to really fade," she said."

"At the end of 2019 I got certified as a pelvic steaming therapist. "

"I started helping a lot of people I knew and during Covid my business grew as I helped women online."

Kyleigh recommends women use just water and some herbs to steam with.

According to the pelvic steaming therapist, women with uterine fatigue need to be more careful and should research suitable herbal blends.

"In general, you can do it with just water but I recommend nettle leaves as they are blood replenishing," she said."

"You can find herbal blends on Etsy."

She recommends steaming 10 minutes at a time.

Kyleigh steams at least once a week but may steam for three consecutive days after her period, she said.

She added: "Use a heat safe or glass bowl, a litre of water is a good amount."

"Once your water has boiled, kneel somewhere comfortable with it in between your legs and covered you hot box it - covering it a towel, blanket or wrap."

"Whenever it's comfortable for you, you crouch down over it and adjust your hips into a kneeling position. "

"If you have a low couch or bed in front of you, you can lean forward and put your hands onto it. "

"You can go for about 10 minutes, until the steam dissipates."

"You can go for longer if you want - just go with your gut."

"If you have a tender womb type I wouldn't go for that long straight away."

"It feels so good - it's hard to explain. "

"It's very gentle and warming."

"You feel warming all down your legs and stomach but it doesn't always feel like that, - it depends on how low you sit and how relaxed your muscles are."

"Now I have a relationship with my body - it speaks to me."