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Medicinal bath in Chinese medicine, medicinal bath is a kind of external treatment, that is, bathing the whole body or part with liquid medicine or water containing liquid medicine.

Brief introduction of medicated bath:

Its forms are various: the whole body bath is divided into "bubble bath" and "shower bath", commonly known as "medicated bath"; Local baths are also called "scalding", "fumigation", "sitting bath" and "foot bath", especially scalding.

Medication in medicated bath, like internal medicine, also needs to follow the principle of prescription, differentiate diseases and syndromes, select drugs carefully, and choose different prescriptions according to one's constitution, time, place, illness and other factors, and each belongs to his teacher.

The specific methods of decocting and bathing are also particular: crushing the medicine and wrapping it with gauze (you can also put the medicine directly into the pot and decoct it with water).

When making, add a proper amount of water, soak for 20 minutes, then boil for 30 minutes, pour the liquid medicine into the bathtub, and take a bath when the temperature is moderate. In bathing, there are two methods: fumigation and bathing.

Medicinal bath function:

In short, the mechanism of action of medicated bath is that drugs act on the muscle surface, local parts and affected parts of the whole body, are absorbed, circulate the meridians and blood vessels, and reach the viscera from the outside to the inside, thus producing effects.

The medicated bath has the effects of dredging meridian passage, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, expelling pathogenic wind and cold, clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving swelling and pain, regulating yin and yang, regulating viscera, activating qi and blood, and nourishing the whole body.

Modern pharmacology has also confirmed that medicated bath can increase the content of some immunoglobulins in blood and enhance the elasticity and vitality of skin. Specifically, medicated bath has the following functions:

1. Detect the truest health state of the body (especially sub-health, in the process of getting through).

2. Detect the disease situation and the diseased part (in many cases, the data of physical examination can not detect the most real health status of the body, such as sub-health, some chronic diseases, invisible diseases, development trends, etc.).

3. Dredge the meridians, get through the whole body blood and small blood vessels, and get through the whole body qi and blood meridians and viscera tissue system.

4, dispel wind and cold, remove damp heat, disperse internal toxins, and eliminate toxins in the body through sweating.

5, killing blood and promoting blood circulation.

6. Coordinate viscera, dredge joints, regulate five elements, and balance yin and yang.

7. Activate cells, enhance immunity and increase the content of immunoglobulin in blood.

8. Enhance skin elasticity and vitality, beautify skin and resist aging.

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