They told the Buddha. “You shouldn’t bathe with an ornamented scrubber. If you do, you commit an offense of wrong conduct.” Soon afterwards a certain monk had an itchy skin disease. He was not comfortable without a scrubber. “I allow a plain scrubber for those who are sick.” At that time a monk who was weak from old age was unable to rub his own body while bathing. “I allow gloves of cloth.” Being afraid of wrongdoing, the monks did not give back massages. “I allow a massage with the flat of the hand.”