Intangible protection of Yao bath

Congjiang county is a minority county in Guizhou Province, where there are dense virgin forests and misty mountains and valleys, and Yao Ban, a branch of Yao nationality, lives here. "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. " For thousands of years, in order to survive and resist the invasion of viruses, the Yao people living in deep mountains and forests have formed the custom of preventing diseases, protecting health and prolonging life. Yao medicinal bath is a thousand-year-old prescription formed by Yao Ban and Fujimu in practice and application.

For a long time, the authenticity of medicinal bath has been puzzling people, and where the medicinal bath is the most authentic is also a question discussed in the market and on the Internet. 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.

Yao bath in Congjiang is a unique bathing culture and an ancient health care method for Yao people living in congjiang county. They used four kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, such as red sandalwood, red vine and Polygonum multiflorum, which were wild in 90 thousand mountains, to make a bath soup with the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, regulating qi and regulating menstruation, sterilizing and diminishing inflammation.

The pharmacology of Yaoyu health care in Congjiang is to soak the human body in the 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.

Yao bath was created in Congjiang, and Yao medicine cannot be separated from Congjiang. Congjiang county's unique geographical climate has created unique natural conditions for the growth of all kinds of creatures and the reproduction of all kinds of plants. Historically, because Yao people lived in the deep mountains and forests, they lacked medical care and medicine. In order to survive, they used wild Chinese herbal medicines to prevent and treat diseases and protect their health, thus creating a unique national medicine and health care culture. Yao medicinal bath is the most important medical and health care method.