If added to the bath water, Rice Starch has excellent soothing and softening properties, definitely preferable to the more aggressive soaps.
Rice Starch, dissolved in water bath, is the most delicate bath for your baby. As well as ensuring proper hygiene, it is also an excellent anti-inflammatory, soothing and softening the skin.
Rice Starch also has excellent absorbing ability's, you can use it instead of talcum powder as unlike talcum, it tends to close the pores.
A bath helps to create a good barrier against bacteria for the new born. For baby, the most delicate parts are more vulnerable to the proliferation of bacteria for example the buttocks, armpits and face.
Rice Starch is obtained from the plant (Oryza sativa) which contains around 85% starch.