dit da jow

“	Originally Posted By: aqira A little herbal mixture of eucalyptus cinnamon and celery spread over a fermented cat carcass Then minced, then liquefied. note: also looking for cats	”

wow...

gotta try that

Chief108

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<<good homebrew stuff >>

for a moment I thought you said good hebrew stuff


during our move we found some old home made stuff from a mantis master in China that I got about 25 years ago...maybe almost ripe by now

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Don't laugh chief about the cat.

I have another recipe that includes tiger bone. I was getting it remade in China earlier in the year and was after a replacement ingredient (I kind of like tigers!). The best replacements are meant to be dry cat's bone or shark cartliage. I just left it out!

“	Originally Posted By: Hungfut Don't laugh chief about the cat.	”

I'm not laughing....
just never thought those filthy animals could be useful at all (besides making a nice breakfast....)

Chief108

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all hail Martyr Fakka

Those above recipes are taken ver batem from the Kumo JiuJitsu website. They are actually pretty good recipes, One is very similar to the recipe I use which was given to me by my Master when i opened my school. "Since you will have your own students you will need to know how to make Jow". Most Dit Da Jow recipes are pretty gaurded from school to school and a working knowledge of Chinese herbs and TCM is of great benifit.

This receipy is from Wong Kiew Kit's book..

The ingredients are; Ru Xiang, Mo Yao, Chuan Hong Hua, Gui Wei, Zhi Ke, Chuan Gong, Tao Ren, Mu Xiang, Chen Xiang, Jin Jie, Chi Yao, Ji Geng, Zhi Zi, Hu Gu, Dan Pi.

Take 12 grams of each ingredients and soak (in a jar) in 3 pints of white rice wine for 2 months, in a dark, cool place. After this period you discard the residue. I shook the mixture every week or so, and it came out great. It will promote the circulation of blood & energy to relive bruising, swelling, pain, blood clots and energy blockage. Obviously, you freely rub it on the injured area, preferably soon after training, since the pores of your body are still open so absorbtion is maximal, although you can apply it at any time. If you're to apply wine, but not after training, it was recommended to me to rub the injured area until you could feel heat building up, that way you warm the skin thus expanding your pores. It is also good to rub the wound to manually circulate the blood so it doesn't "pool up" in one area and cause swelling and clotting. But that can be quite painful.
Hope that helped someone.
Take care,
Mikado.

Are the ingredients easily obtainable
Are there mail-order TCM herbalist who could supply such

For the receipy I gave, I found all the ingredients at a herbal/acupuncture/traditional medicine shop in China Town in Ottawa, Ontario. So I assume, yes they are easily obtainable.

Thanks for the great recipes. There is some really great stuff here. I have been using one recently and am amazed home quickly the bruises are healing up. My arms are starting to feel bulletproof when sparring.

I greatly appreciate the economic tiger balm recipe! My mother-in-law uses the stuff frequently, and now I can make it for her.

Hey...about how much cayenne would I have to add to provoke a spontaneous combustion

thanks for all the great information.

Cheers

“	Originally Posted By: NanHungKuen Most Dit Da Jow recipes are pretty gaurded from school to school and a working knowledge of Chinese herbs and TCM is of great benifit.	”

How very true that is. I have my master's Dit Da Jow recipe, but it's entirely in Chinese. When I need to brew some, I usually take him with me to Chinatown in Los Angeles to our favorite apothecary. We've been there enough times together that I'm recognizable to the proprietor, so I'm usually well taken care of. Some of the ingredients in my master's formula seem entirely unlikely, but hey, he's the master, not me. My personal supply has been soaking for about five years now and works tremendously well.

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There was a thread in Chinese Medicine that discusses a book entirely about dealing with kungfu and trauma injuries, and it includes recipes. The book is called "A Tooth from the Tiger's Mouth" and can be read about on the author's web site www.tombisio.com

I recently ordered the book from Overstock.com for just $10 with shipping. I've got high hopes.

Michael

Yes, I read this book. It is very good. Written for a martial artist as opposed a Chinese Medicine Practisioner, although good for them as well. Good intro to the subject.

i actually tried the tiger bone wine, quite intense. im on the schools lion dance team, and during the new years festivities, we might perform 8-10 shows daily for up to 2 weeks. one year, around day 12, i was totally cooked, just done. my si-suk saw my state and invited me to his hotel room where he shared some he bought in china with about 6 of us. drank about 2-3oz and, well everyones seen a popeye cartoon, right? felt like when he eats the spinach and you see it go down and bounce off the floor and back up to his head. my hair stood up and my whole body started tingling. felt great for the rest of the trip, lots of energy and power to spare. cat and dog bones are often used as an inferior substitute, but while i dont reccomend that you go looking for the stuff(it is illegal after all), it is the real deal i assure you.