What is Yao Bath

Yao medicine has been passed down orally for thousands of years without written records.

Yao medicine has been counted over the years, there are about 328 kinds of medicines, among which 35 kinds of medicines, such as Bauhinia, antidote vine, maple lotus leaf, etc. are used to formulate Yao bath prescription.

Yao bath is simply a medicinal bath of Chinese medicine inherited from the Yao ethnic minority in China with national characteristics.

The most representative of Yao is the magical "three days out of work", also known as (three bubbles of Yao medicine), which is a thousand years of ancient formula of Yao. Yao women after giving birth to wash and soak "three days out of work" after the bath, three days later you can go down to the ground to work, go up to the mountains to cut firewood, not afraid of the wind and the sun, and the shape of the body to maintain a slim, rosy complexion. On the first day, the first bubble magic Yao bath: in addition to the odor, to remove filth; the second day, the second bubble magic Yao bath: shrinking vagina, abdomen, repair damaged vagina; the third day, the third bubble magic Yao bath: quickly restore physical strength, improve immunity. Yao women and babies in menstruation.

To put together a pair of Yao bath prescription, you need more than twenty kinds of Chinese herbs. The amount of medicine is formulated in place before it can be.

Congjiang - a minority county in Guizhou Province - is home to a branch of the Yao ethnic group, the Pan Yao. From Jiang County Records recorded "board Yao good clean, home must have a bath bucket, work home must be a medicinal bath. Because of the deep blue, and good clean, so much longevity."

With the declaration of Yao bath protection project in 2008, in view of the traditional theory of Yao bath health care system from Jiang Yao bath, from Jiang Yao bath became the only selected second batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection list, since then, from Jiang Yao bath alone to enjoy the honor of the glory of the authentic Yao Yao bath.

The pharmacology of Yao bath health care is mainly as follows: the human body is immersed in the medicinal broth, and the medicinal juice is transmitted to the whole body through the capillaries and meridians of the human body. To achieve the role of health care and prevention of disease. Especially for gynecological inflammation, rheumatic diseases, skin diseases, colds and flu, eliminate fatigue has obvious effect, no disease bath can also be refreshing, remove dirt and moisturize the skin. The body is strong and healthy.

Since the Yao people are mainly distributed in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, so in addition to Guizhou, Yunnan also has Yao bath. Because the Yao bath has certain health effects, there is considerable promotion value and development potential, market prospects are better, so the "Yao bath" has become a local widely promoted health services and health care products.