However, by the mid Edo period, the legal system had been improved by kogi (the shogunate government) and people had become more science-oriented and accordingly few people believed in yugisho, so eventually this method died out.
しかし、江戸時代中期になると、公儀による訴訟体制の整備や科学的な考え方をする人が増え湯起請が正しいと考える当事者は少なくなったため、この方法は廃れていった。