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Posted By: cellophane
I've been training pretty hard and have beat myself up a bit. Not enough time to heal naturally between classes.
So if you get a "normal" bruise from punching bags or forearm knocking etc, how is that different from the bruises you get from iron palm training? Isn't punching bags or arms or whatever trying to "build up" your body parts like iron XX? I am wondering what jow to put on my rather bruised and swollen knuckles and wrists, and why iron palm jow is different than regular jow. | ” |
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Generally, iron palm liniments differ from bruise liniments for serveral reasons:
- Bruise liniments usually have more ingredients that are anodyne and anesthetic for pain relief. Sometimes these ingredients deal with pain relief as an indirect result of being an antiinflammitory.
- Iron palm liniments dont care as much about pain management, but are VERY concerned with making sure there is alot of blood circulation, that channels are not blocked and are wide open.
- Primarily due to the 2 above, bruise liniments usually have a cooler effect on the body, while iron palm liniments usually have a much warmer effect on the body. ie the herbs that are used are more energetic in iron palm liniments than bruise liniments.
- Bruise liniments have very few (if any) herbs that work directly with to heal/stregthen/tonify bone, and few herbs that work to strengthen/heal/tonify sinews. Iron palm liniments call for a significant number of herbs that work directly on bone and ligament because of the nature of the exercise.
Those are the main differences.
When you are doing iron palm exercises you shouldnt really be getting bruises on your hands, and if you are, it is more likely a bruise as a result of sinew and bone damage. Personally, Ive only bruise in very rare circumstances doing iron palm training, but it is also much more...ritualistic, with dit da jow, massage and qigong being done before, during and after the exercises. Although its worthy to note that in the past, applying bruise liniment before and after limb knocking as is done with iron palm can often have the same effect of nullifying bruising that may have shown up otherwise...
Hope that helps =)