In case warm spring water is not available, medicinal bathing can be performed by boiling some medicines in water. The solution prepared is called Manna Solution with Five Ingredients, containing Folium Sabina (1 part), Foliurn Rhododendron (1 part), Flos Myricaria (2 parts), Herba Ephedra (2 parts) and Herba Artemisia annua (3 parts), each part weighing 500 grams at least. Put all the herbs in a large cauldron and then add water to fill the container. Boil to evaporate half the water amount. Collect the solution and then add water to the residue again. Boil it again to 40 per cent of the original volume. Collect the solution. Add water to the residue again and boil to obtain 30 per cent of the original volume. Collect the solution. Add the three solutions together for bathing.
Medicinal bathing should be administered daily for a consecutive course of 1-3 weeks. It should be adjusted by the patient's own feelings and the condition of the disease. The temperature of the bathing water should be appropriate, neither too high nor too low. When the temperature drops, it should be heated up again; a new solution should be added every few days.

In addition to the above five medicines, others can be added according to the condition: for dizziness due to exuberant blood, Lignum Santali, Lignum Pterocarpi and sulfur, each 3 qian, ground as powder and added into the solution; for indigestion due to cold-wind evils, Calcitum, Fructus Piper longi and Rhizoma Zingiberis, also ground into powder and added to the bathing solution.

The steaming method is also appropriate for medicinal bathing. Put the medicinal solution in a large cauldron in the center of which a small stool is placed for the patient to sit on.

For binding bathing, put the above medicines in a cloth pocket. After it has been well sealed, put the pocket on the affected area. This method yields similar effect as medicinal water bathing. However, binding bathing is limited to localized diseases and is not suitable for general diseases.

Binding bathing is divided into clearing heat and eliminating cold methods. For clearing heat, powder from grains is mixed with sesame oil or old vegetable oil and wrapped in a cloth; boiled fresh flowers can also be used. However, toxic flowers are prohibited. For eliminating cold, animal dung, including that of rats and pigeons, can be used, or smashed animal bones decocted in liquor can also be used.

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