黄瓜箐热泉、气泉群不仅有取之不尽的热能,在医疗方面也有其特殊妙用。我们参观了当地驻军医院在黄瓜箐建立的医疗所。老院长告诉我们,当地群众利用地热蒸气治疗疾病已有二百多年历史,这个医疗所吸取了群众的治疗方法,并加以改进,十多年来,共治疗风湿性关节炎、慢性腰腿疼、高血压、末稍神经炎等病人二千多人,治疗后有效率这93%,治愈率达45.3%。当地群众流传说:“来时骑马 Cucumber 箐 hot springs, gas springs group not only inexhaustible heat, also has its special magical effect in the medical. We visited the local military hospital in Cucumber 箐 established medical clinic. The old dean told us that the local people have used geothermal vapor to treat diseases for more than 200 years and this medical treatment has drawn the masses’ treatment and improved it. Over the past decade, they have been treating rheumatoid arthritis, Pain, hypertension, peripheral neuritis and other patients more than two thousand people, 93% of the effective rate after treatment, the cure rate of 45.3%. Local people legend: ”when riding