Thanks to his advice, people here in Kitsu are said to have narrowly escaped the plague which seemed to have been a kind of a dermatosis; ever since, Kitsu-onsen Hot Spring has publicized itself as being good for dermatosis among other ailments.
そのおかげで、この木津の地は疫病の難から救われたといい伝えられており、その疫病とは皮膚病の一種だったようで、それ以来木津温泉は、皮膚病の効能を第一にうたっている。