From the perspective of health care and rehabilitation, mud bath has three major health care and treatment functions:

Analgesic effect: Warm mud can reduce the sensitivity of human nervous system, thus alleviating the pain caused by diseases such as rheumatism, rheumatoid disease, sequela of trauma, lumbago and leg pain. After several courses of treatment, the patient's pain will gradually ease;

Massage function: When mud is smeared on the surface of human body, the muscle layer of human skin will produce corresponding resistance, thus promoting the elasticity of human skin and relaxing the skin, which is similar to a health massage for the skin;

Nutrition: Mud, especially mineral mud, contains a variety of mineral elements beneficial to human body, which can play a certain role in nourishing the skin when taking mud bath.