Traveling in Sai Duan for Dao People's Herbal Bath

1. Bath Medicine and Cultural Significance of the Red Dao People

The Red Dao people’s medicinal baths are not only a method of health care for ethnic people, but also an element that constitutes the cultural identity of the Dao people. Colds, aching bones and joints, numbness in limbs, and sick people needing to recover their health all rely on precious medicinal herbs taken from the old forest.

2. Medicine and Postpartum Health Recovery

In particular, Dao women give birth by bathing with medicinal leaves. With 3-7 pots of medicine, sometimes after giving birth, they can go to the fields or the forest only 3 days. Children who are bathed with herbal water periodically will eliminate acne and skin diseases, making the children's skin smooth and rosy.

3. Promoting Culture and Developing Community Tourism

With the desire to promote the nation's secret medicine, the herbal bath model associated with community tourism of the Red Dao people in Sai Duan village, Phin Ngan commune, Bat Xat, Lao Cai has initially brought about effectiveness, opening up a positive signal for the development of community tourism in the highland commune of Phin Ngan.

4. Herbal Bath Model and Infrastructure

The model of herbal bath associated with community tourism of the Red Dao people in Sai Duan village, Phin Ngan commune, Bat Xat, this model has been put into operation with a scale of 4 rooms, 6 bath tubs and rooms arranged for guests who want to stay here and participate in community activities with the villagers.

5. Herbal Ingredients in the Bath Soak Recipe

The Red Dao people's bath soaking remedy is a combination of herbs that are good for the skin: honeysuckle, star fruit leaves, dill, guava leaves, camphor, and phellodendron.

Herbs good for bones and joints: Thanh tao, tho luc linh, thien nien kien, dao rung, bach quan, tam huyet, tan quy, la lolot.

Herbs that are effective for the digestive tract: Cardamom, lemongrass, star anise, cinnamon, water lily, tangerine peel, and cassia seed.

6. Experience Local Culture and Tourism

Visitors coming here not only get to soak in Red Dao medicinal leaves but also have the opportunity to enjoy the purple Amomum carpet under the forest canopy in Sai Duan village, Phin Ngan commune, and participate in the experience of production labor, eating and working with the villagers.

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