In traditional Chinese medicine, there are many prescriptions for herbal baths. The prescription for Gui Zhi Wen Jing Bath has the effects of warming the meridians, promoting yang energy circulation, dispelling cold, relieving pain, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, dispelling wind, and eliminating dampness!
【Name】
Gui Zhi Wen Jing Bath
【Ingredients】
Gui Zhi (Cinnamon Twig), Chi Shao (Red Peony Root), Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger), Xi Xin (Chinese Wild Ginger), Ji Xue Teng (Chicken Blood Vine), Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica), Hong Hua (Safflower), used as a formula for whole body bath or steam bath.
【Effects】
This formula has the effects of warming the meridians, promoting yang energy circulation, dispelling cold, relieving pain, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, dispelling wind, and eliminating dampness. It is suitable for people with long-term deficiency of yang energy and cold limbs. It also has a good effect on dysmenorrhea.
【Benefits of Herbal Baths】
Herbal baths have unique effects on the human body and have long been valued by the medical community. Adding ingredients to the water before bathing can also promote health, such as adding a moderate amount of white wine, white vinegar, etc., which can clean the body, relieve fatigue, treat hemorrhoids, constipation, and help enhance sexual performance.
Herbal baths have a history of thousands of years in China. According to records, scented baths have been popular since the Zhou Dynasty. The so-called scented bath is a bath using herbal decoction. The fragrance is fragrant and has the effects of cooling summer, dispelling dampness, refreshing the mind, and invigorating the brain. The great patriotic poet Qu Yuan described it in "Yun Zhong Jun": "Bathe in orchid soup, immerse in fragrant splendor." His disciple Song Yu also mentioned it in "The Song of the Goddess": "Bathe in the orchid pool, imbibe its fragrance."
Since the Qing Dynasty, herbal baths have been highly regarded by generations of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners as an effective method for disease prevention and treatment.
