According to reports, among Yao compatriots, the custom of washing Yao bath has been circulating. Washing Yao bath is not only a common habit of Yao people, but also a custom, which is an indispensable part of the life of Yao compatriots. In the Yao bath, the Yao people prepared their ancestral secret recipe, which has the effect of treating diseases and preventing diseases. This secret recipe has never been circulated among Yao people, but only among Yao people. When giving birth, the women in Yaozhai will immediately enter the bath barrel and spend less than an hour in the steaming Yao bath. The Yao women and babies sitting on the moon do this every day. They believe that Yao's bath will make their mother and son eliminate any disaster. Yao women can engage in general physical labor on the third day of confinement. It is an incredible thing that none of Yao women suffer from gynecological diseases after marriage, but it is a fact. Yao people basically have no arthritis, skin diseases, rheumatism and other diseases, because their Yao bath is not clear, but comrades who are engaged in botanical research and some people who know Chinese medicine say that from the prescription of Yao bath used by Yao people, there are herbs and shrubs, and these plants are all Chinese herbal medicines, such as treating skin diseases, arthritis, nourishing yin and strengthening yang. If you prepare a prescription for medicated bath, you need more than 20 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines. The dosage is generally 850g-1000g, and the formula is in place. When you take a medicated bath, the penetration of drugs will make you feel drunk. The whole body, will feel a comprehensive comb, very comfortable.

Yaoyu in Congjiang is a national intangible cultural heritage and a folk-custom Yaoyu in Congjiang, Qiandongnan Prefecture. congjiang county Yaoyu enjoys a unique honor. In 2008, Yaoyu was declared as a national intangible cultural heritage protection project in various places. However, in view of the good health care effect of cluster bath and the most perfect tradition and health care theory, cluster bath has become the only Yao bath health care culture selected in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection list. After many in-depth investigations in Yaozhai, Yao villagers like to collect more than ten kinds of herbs, such as semi-maple lotus, Touguxiang, Uncaria rhynchophylla and Jiujie tea, for bathing.

Hemiptera brocade is the bark and branches of Hamamelidaceae plant Hemiptera brocade. Its medicinal properties are sweet, light and slightly wet, and it can dispel wind and remove dampness, promote blood circulation and reduce swelling. Indications: Rheumatic joint pain, lumbar muscle strain, hemiplegia and traumatic injury.

Touguxiang, the whole herb of Dianbaizhu, an Ericaceae plant, is pungent and warm, and can dispel wind and remove temperature, relax muscles and relieve pain. Treat rheumatism, arthralgia, muscle contracture, beriberi due to cold and dampness, furuncle, tinea and swelling.

Alias of Touguxiang: Touguxiang, Manshanxiang, Soushanhu, Coal Seed, Coal Fruit, Wan Li Fragrant, Murraya, Fangcao, Mantianxiang, Touguxiao, Touguxiao, Jiumuxiang and Chicken Bone Fragrance. It is the whole grass or root of Yunnan Rhododendron. It can be harvested all year round. Slice, chop and dry the roots. Distributed in Shaanxi and the south of the Yangtze River basin. Indications: expelling wind and removing dampness; Dispelling cold and relieving pain; Promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals; Resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Treating rheumatism and arthralgia; Stomach cold pain; Fall and get injured; Cough with excessive phlegm.

Uncaria rhynchophylla is the hook stem branch of Uncaria rhynchophylla of Rubiaceae, which is sweet and cool, and has the effects of clearing heat, calming wind, expelling wind and dredging collaterals. Treat epilepsy in children, dizziness in adults and eclampsia in women.

Nine-section tea is the branches and leaves of Sargassum glabra, a plant of Chloranthaceae. Its taste is pungent and warm, and it has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, expelling wind and removing dampness, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. Indications: pneumonia, acute appendicitis, rheumatic pain, traumatic injury, fracture, etc.

Yao medicated bath is suitable for treating rheumatic diseases, rheumatoid pain, acute and chronic lumbocrural pain, sciatica, hemiplegic polyneuritis, traumatic injury, skin itching, puerperal wind in women, and exogenous body pain.

According to the introduction of Yao villagers, it is necessary to keep warm and avoid getting cold and blowing. The bath temperature should be moderate, neither too hot nor too cold. Patients with high fever, high blood pressure and bleeding tendency are prohibited.