Take a Medical Bath
By admin on 2015-02-03

Medicinal bath therapy involves the soaking of one's body in hot water, which is mixed with medicinal liquid, or fumigating oneself with the heat of decocted medicine. Assisted by the heat and medicine, the therapy can help dispel cold, improve blood circulation and relieve aches. The therapy, with the unique characteristics of traditional Chinese medical science, can involve either the whole body or parts of the body, it can help cure some diseases specific to women, and it can help women feel more beautiful.

Development

Medicinal bath has a long history. More than 3,000 years ago, during the Yin Dynasty, the later period of the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 BC-1100 BC), it was common for members of the imperial family to take a bath in hot water mixed with some medicine. During the Tang Dynasty (618-907), many methods of medicinal bath had been developed to improve the people's health, and help the people, especially women, become and feel beautiful. During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the therapy, which was highly developed, was used by practitioners in various disciplines—including internal medicine, surgical departments, gynecology and pediatrics—to cure illnesses. The therapy was also used to treat various skin diseases and illnesses associated with the "sense organs"—the ears, eyes, mouth and the nose. Nowadays, medicinal bath therapy is popular throughout the world.

Common Methods

Hot Water Mixed with Root of Dahurian Angelica and Banksia Rose

Ingredients 

Root of Dahurian，peach skin, and Angelica and Banksia Rose

Directions

Decoct the ingredients and soak them in hot water.

Effects

The scented herb bath helps dispel cold, enhances the flow of vital energy, invigorates blood circulation and stimulates menstrual flow.

Benefits

It can be used to treat various skin diseases.

Five Ingredients

Ingredients

A bundle of branches from the Chinese scholar tree, peach tree, willow and white mulberry, and 250g of hemp leaves.

Directions

Decoct the ingredients and soak them in hot water.

Effects 

The therapy helps invigorate blood circulation and regulate qi.

Benefits 

It is most effective in curing skin diseases, such as prurigo (a condition in which the skin feels itchy) and rashes, especially during the summer months.

Washing the Head with Chrysanthemums

Ingredients 

25g of chrysanthemums, root of fangfeng (a traditional Chinese medicine), root of Chinese wild ginger, Sichuan peppers, Chinese honey locust and cassia twig.

Directions

Decoct the ingredients and soak them in hot water to wash the head.

Effects 

The therapy may dispel cold and cure dandruff.

Benefits

It may cure dandruff, which can be caused by one of many reasons.

You may also try some other methods, such as bathing in water with decocted branches and leaves of Chinese wolfberries, which will make your skin glow; and/or taking a bath in hot water mixed with some vinegar, which will smooth and whiten your skin. Try a few of these prescriptions, and you will feel more beautiful and energetic!