If you are interested, you can find a cloth bag with some starch, bran and chaff, put it under the faucet of the bathtub, then put hot water and put a bath water in it, which can cure low back pain, cold hands and feet, rough skin and chilblain.
Later, people discovered Gleditsia sinensis. At the latest, when Xiao Qi was in the Southern Dynasties, people had sold Gleditsia sinensis exclusively. There are more than ten varieties of Gleditsia sinensis, and their decontamination ability is strong or weak. Gleditsia sinensis has the functions of lubricating, refreshing, removing dirt and greasy and cleaning skin, and is also a commonly used medicine in ancient beauty prescriptions. Washing clothes with Gleditsia sinensis will not change color or shrink, and the fiber will not be damaged. Taking a bath with Gleditsia sinensis can also dispel wind and dampness and treat skin cancer.
There is also a plant called fat beads, whose seeds are thick and fat. According to the introduction of Chicken Ribs in Song Dynasty, there are few Gleditsia sinensis in the middle of Zhejiang, and "fat beads" are used for washing clothes in the bath. Every year in late autumn, people pick the pods, cook and mash them, add spices and white flour, mix them and knead them into pills, which is called "soap". Besides soap, "Braised Chicken Ribs" also recorded that southern women used plant ash to soak and bathe for decontamination.
Ancient people washed their hair with Gleditsia sinensis or Polyporus umbellatus. Polyporus is used by richer people. Polyporus with some spices will have a strong aroma after use. Ordinary people just wash their hair with saponin.
After checking the information, we found that the ancients were much more hygienic than we thought. During the Qin and Han dynasties, the habit of washing your head once every three days and taking a bath once every five days was formed. So that the government has a holiday every five days, which is also called "Hume". "Hailu Broken Officials" records that "Chinese law, once it is closed for five days, can rest and get up."
The ancients also bathed with pancreas and bath beans. The pancreas in the Tang Dynasty played the role of chilblain cream. High-end products are called "face medicine" and "oral fat", which are used to smear the face and mouth. The palace will give it to officials in winter. In Du Fu's La Ri, there is a saying that "oral fat flour medicine is accompanied by kindness, and the jade tube is in the clouds". That's the truth. Dare to send labor insurance supplies in ancient winter.
The ancients used plant ash and Gleditsia sinensis to wash clothes. Wash your hair with Taomi water and call it this pot. For example, in Zuo Zhuan's fourteen years of mourning for the public, there is "Pan Zhi died of illness."