After years of statistics, there are about 328 kinds of Yao drugs, among which 35 kinds of drugs such as Vitex negundo, Jiedu Teng and Maple Leaf are made into Yao bath prescription.
To put it simply, Yao bath is a traditional Chinese medicine bath with national characteristics, which was handed down by the Yao people in China.
The most representative of the Yao nationality is the magical "Three-day Gong", also known as (Sanpao Yao Medicine), which is an ancient prescription handed down by the Yao nationality for thousands of years. Yao women can work in the fields and cut firewood in the mountains after three days of postpartum medicated bath, and they are not afraid of the wind and the sun, keeping slim and ruddy. The first day, the first magic Yao bath: remove the peculiar smell and foul smell; The next day, take the second magic Yao bath: shrink the vagina, abdomen and repair the damaged vagina; On the third day, the third magic bath: quickly restore physical strength and improve immunity. Yao women and babies in confinement.
More than 20 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines are needed to complete a medicated bath prescription. Dosage formula can only be in place.
Congjiang county is the hometown of Yao Ban, a branch of Yao nationality. "Congjiang County Records" records that "Yao Ban is so clean, you must have a bath tub at home, and you must take a medicine bath when you come home from work. Because it is deep and clean, there are many people who live long. "
With the application of Yao bath protection projects in various places in 2008, in view of the traditional theoretical health care system of Congjiang Yao bath, Congjiang Yao bath became the only one selected for the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection list. From then on, Congjiang Yaoyu enjoyed exclusive honor and was promoted to authentic Yaoyu.
The pharmacology of Yao bath health care is mainly: the human body is soaked in medicinal soup, and the medicinal juice spreads all over the body through human capillaries and meridians. Achieve the functions of health care and disease prevention. Especially for gynecological inflammation, rheumatic diseases, dermatoses, colds, and fatigue relief. Medicinal bath can also refresh the mind, remove dirt and moisturize the skin. Stay healthy.
Since Yao people are mainly distributed in Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, there are also Yao baths in Yunnan besides Guizhou. Because medicinal bath has certain health care efficacy, considerable promotion value and development potential, and good market prospect, "medicinal bath" has become a widely promoted health care service and health care product in the local area.