What is the Yaoyu bath recipe?

Nowadays, people are paying more and more attention to medicinal baths. Different types of medicinal baths have different health-care effects. Yao bath is a relatively common type. These medicinal baths are made by adding some herbal formulas into the water, which can improve people's physical condition after bathing, thus exerting its efficacy and function. So what is the Yaoyu bath formula?

Chinese folk medicine has its own characteristics among different ethnic groups. Among them, Yao medicine is the most popular. The Yao people have passed it down orally for thousands of years without any written records. The miraculous prescriptions and medicines are only handed down from ancestors. After years of statistics, there are about 328 kinds of Yao medicines, among which 35 kinds of medicines such as yellow broom, detoxification vine, maple lotus leaf, etc. are used to make Yao bath prescriptions.

The Yao people like to collect more than ten kinds of herbs for bathing, including half-maple lotus, touguxiang, Uncaria rhynchophylla, and nine-section tea. Hamamelis hamamelis is the bark and branches and leaves of the Hamamelis hamamelis plant of the Hamamelidaceae family. It has a sweet, light and slightly moist nature, and can dispel wind and dampness, promote blood circulation and reduce swelling. It is mainly used to treat rheumatic pain, lumbar muscle strain, hemiplegia, and trauma.

Touguxiang is the whole plant of Glehnia littoralis of the Ericaceae family. It has pungent and warm properties, and can dispel wind and heat, relax muscles and relieve pain. It is used to treat rheumatic pain, contracture of muscles and bones, athlete's foot caused by cold and dampness, carbuncle, tinea and swelling. Uncaria rhynchophylla is the hooked stem and branch of the Uncaria rhynchophylla plant of the Rubiaceae family. It has a sweet and cool nature, and is effective in clearing away heat and extinguishing wind, and dispelling wind and unblocking the meridians. It is used to treat epilepsy in children, dizziness in adults, eclampsia in women, etc.

Jiujie tea is the branches and leaves of the plant Coral Grass of the Chrysanthemiaceae family. The medicine is pungent and neutral in nature, and has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, dispelling wind and dampness, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. It is mainly used to treat pneumonia, acute appendicitis, rheumatic pain, bruises, fractures, etc. Yao medicinal bath is suitable for treating rheumatic diseases, rheumatoid pain, acute and chronic low back pain, sciatica, hemiplegia and multiple neuritis, trauma, skin itching, postpartum wind in women, and health care of exogenous body pain.

According to the Yao villagers, you should keep warm when taking a medicinal bath, avoid catching cold or being blown by wind, and the temperature of the bath liquid should be moderate, not too hot or too cold. It is forbidden for patients with high fever, high blood pressure, and those with bleeding tendency.

Through the above introduction, everyone has a clear understanding of the Yaoyu bath formula. There are still differences in the efficacy and functions of various medicinal materials. Combining them together to make a medicinal bath can not only strengthen the body, but also relieve and eliminate some physical discomfort. However, it is best to obtain the consent of a doctor before use. After all, everyone's physical condition is different.