According to the records of Tibetan history, Riduo Hot Spring was used over a thousand years ago. The Tibetan Buddhist sutras named Bkav-thang-sde-lnga recorded that Padmasambhava once bathed in the Riduo Hot Spring and said, “Bathing in Riduo Hot Spring can wash away the past sin, purify the spirit, and arouse people to do good thing benefit to others and bring good luck, calling it “mystery water”.

When bathing in it, people will be relaxed. Besides, it can adjust blood as well as Yin and Yang. If one often bathes here, he will do good things that benefit to others in this life and gain good luck in the next world. It can also wash away five poisonous creatures (greedy, angry, foolish, lazy, and envious). Saying: “Drink it, the spirit can be baptism; bathing in it, the skin can be cleaned”, it has the function of curing 108 kinds of diseases including skin, joint, rheumatism, nerve, cardiovascular and pulmonary, and women’s diseases, being renewed as “manna of eight merits and virtues”. For this reason, many people come here to bathe and get water for hundreds of years.

In May 2002, the Department of Land and Resources of Tibet Autonomous Region organized an expert to review the Riduo Hot Spring. Based on comprehensive elevation, the natural overflowing hot mineral is in accordance with the national standard GB13727-92 of hot mineral water for medical treatment and is named composite medical treatment hot mineral water of fluorine, boron, silicon, arsenic, and lithium.

Tips of Riduo Hot Spring

1. Remember not to soak in within 1 hour before or after meals. Do not soak when you are hungry or drunk.

2. Remember to take off all your metal jewelry or accessories before bathing, preventing them from being eroded by certain minerals.

3. It is not advisable to soak for a long time. You can soak for 15 to 20 minutes at one time and rest for a while before taking another bath.

4. Avoid doing active exercises when bathing, especially in highlands.