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Dit Da Jow Herbs & Information
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Dit da jow ("fall-hit wine") is an herbal liniment used by martial artists to remedy traumatic injury to skin/muscle, sinew, and bone. Dit da jow recipes cover the entire spectrum from basic bruise jow to intricate jow used for iron palm training and range from simple 2-ingredient formulas to complex 40+ herbal ingredient iron palm liniments. Each dit da jow has a specific purpose and usage.
When considering a dit da jow, there are three essential things to know about the recipe:
- Temperature -- Herbs exhibit an "energy", perceived as its effect on the body. Rhubarb root is very cold while Cinnamon bark is quite hot. The overall combination of herbs in a dit da jow formula determine its relative energy. Warmer jow is more often used in conditioning (although not always) or chronic injury while cooler jow is more likely to be used for new injuries that may be inflamed.
- Action -- As with temperature, each herb has a specific set of actions. A dit da jow should have 1 or 2 primary actions, determined by the herbs used. Pseudoginseng stops bleeding and dissolves blood stasis while the head of Angelica tonifies Blood. Herbs which define the primary action of the dit da jow will be in higher quantity than other herbs which serve a more secondary utility.
- Safety Index -- Some herbs are toxic in their raw state and often processed to relieve toxicity, or used raw with great caution. Many of the more powerful herbs (for example, Pinellia) are atleast mildly toxic but there are some fantastic recipes out there that are not of a toxic nature. Nevertheless, knowing the toxicity level of a recipe is an important piece of information.
Being aware of these items makes it more clear whether a particular dit da jow is to be used for injury (acute or chronic, muscular, tendon, bone, etc), conditioning, or for a specialized activity like iron palm/body training and may hint as to whether the potency of a given dit da jow recipe is suitable for a particular injury or training regimen. So, why are we telling you all this?
It is the goal of PlumDragon Herbs to provide information on dit da jow, what it is, how to make and use it, and illustrate academic insight, tests, and research information. Knowing basic information about the herbs used in dit da jow, what they do, how they shape the intended use of a dit da jow will make you a better consumer, and more capable in choosing and brewing up Dit Da Jow Herb Packs, buying Whole Herbs for a recipe, and at some point even in making recipe modifications yourself!
We hope the information and research material presented here on dit da jow and herbs is a helpful tool for you as a martial artist!
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* Dit Da Jow
or ditdajow
is the common spelling.
The correct Cantonese is "dit da jau"
and "die da jiu" in Mandarin.
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