Dit Da Jao recipe

Arnica blossoms (anti-inflamatory, pain relief)

Comfrey (anti-inflamatory, pain relief)
Blessed Thistle (blood purifier)
Goldenseal root (antibiotic, wound healing)
Ginger root (circulation, wound healing, pain relief)
Myrrh (antiseptic, circulation, wound healing)
Sasparilla root (blood purifier)
Witch Hazel (anti-inflamatory, pain relief)

Use equal proportions of all the herbs (OK, myrrh is a resin) listed, by weight. I measure
them out on a small kitchen scale (mine is calibrated in grams, but American versions no
doubt do ounces).

Grind the herbs in a mortar & pestle (or electric grinder) and place them in a glass jar.
Add 80 or 90 proof grain alcohol (I use vodka); use 4 ounces of dried herbs to one pint of
alcohol base (or equivalent proportions). Seal the jar tightly. Allow the infusion to work
for two weeks; once or twice a day, swirl the liquid gently through the herbal mash. After
two weeks, strain off the liquid and discard the herbal residue; pour into smaller glass
containers.

This tincture can be applied as is to swollen or bruised areas, or can be mixed with a
thickener (like lanolin or safflower oil) and a hardener (like beeswax) to make an
ointment. This formulation has also been effective in the treatment of arthritis, for pain
relief and restoration of range of motion.

Dit Da Jao('iron wine')

Types of Herbs

There are three types of herbs in the preparation:

1. herbs that reduce pain

2. herbs that stimulate blood and chi flow
3. herbs that break up blood clots and bruises

You should include equal amounts of each type of herbs in the wine:
Prescription

The amount of each herb used may vary anywhere from 3/5 oz. to 2 oz. per gallon (Try 1
oz. of each herb per gallon).

1. Measure off equal amounts of each herb and place in separate containers.
2. Grind each herb into a coarse powder (fine powder will adhere to itself and clot,
preventing thorough absorption).
3. Place the herbs into a large non-metallic pot.
4. Add 1 qt. of vodka.
5. Simmer slowly over a low flame for 3.5 hours
6. Remove from heat.
7. Pour into a two gallon jar.
8. Add six more quarts of vodka.
9. Seal the jar so it is air-tight.
10. Store in a cool, dry, dark place.
11. Age from 2 months to 1 year.

NOTE: The longer the wine ages, the stronger it becomes.

Ingredients

There are two classes of wine: Toxic and Non-Toxic. The non-toxic variety will produce
a very potent wine suitable for healing open cuts and wounds. The toxic variety of herbs
may be added to the non-toxic herbs to produce an even more potent wine which must be
kept away from cuts, and away from the mouth.

Non-Toxic Herbs

Group I

1. Aucklandia Root (Guang Mu Hsiang)

2. Frankincense (Ru Hsiang)
3. Myrrh (Mei Yao or Mo Yao)

Group II

1. Chinese Angelica Root (Dang Gwei)

2. Cat-Tail Pollen (Pa Huang)
3. Safflower (Hung Hua)

Group III

1. Root Pseudo-Ginseng (T'ien Ch'i)

2. Red Peony Root (Ch'ih Shou)
3. Dragon's Blood (Shweh Jin)
Toxic Herbs

Group I

1. Borneo Camphor Tree (Lung Nao Xiang Bing Pian)

Group II

1. Clove Tree (Ding Xiang)

2. Peach Kernel (Prunus Persica)d
(this herb is also in Group III - Toxic)

Group III

1. Rhubarb (Da Huang)

(this herb is also in Group I - Toxic)

One More Addition....

Horse Money or Horse Coin (Ma Ch'ien)

(EXTREMELY POISONOUS! But it greatly increases the strength of all the other
herbs in the mixture.)

Dit Da Jow recipe:

Ingredients:

Arnica blossoms (anti-inflamatory, pain relief)

Comfrey (anti-inflamatory, pain relief)
Blessed Thistle (blood purifier)
Goldenseal root (antibiotic, wound healing)
Ginger root (circulation, wound healing, pain relief)
Myrrh (antiseptic, circulation, wound healing)
Sasparilla root(blood purifier)
Witch hazel (anti-inflamatory, pain relief)

Use equal portions of all infredients, by weight. Grind the herbs in a mortar and pestle (or
electric grinder), and place in a glass jar. Add 80 or 90 proof grain alcohol. Use 4 oz. of
dried herbs to one pint of alcohol base( or equivalent portions). Seal the jar tightly. Allow
the infusion to work for two weeks; once or twice a day, swirl the liquid gently through
the herbal mash. After two weeks, strain off the liquid and discard the herbal residue;
pour into smaller glass containers.

This tincture can be applier as is to swollen and bruised areas, or can be mixed with a
thickener (like lanolin or safflower oil), and a hardener (like beeswax) to make an
ointment. This formula has been effective in the treatment of arthritis, for pain relief, and
restoration of range of motion.

This appears to be a formula that uses equivalent western herbs, rather than oriental
herbs, It is also the first jow I've come across with analgesic and anti-biotic properties.

Dit Da Jow recipe:

Camphor 10g
Raw Fruit of Cape Jasmine 5g
Raw Root of Kusenoff Monkshood 25g
Raw Aconite Root 25g
Raw Tuber Of Jackinthepulpit 25g
Raw Pinellia Tuber 25g
Cattail Pollen 25g
Raw Chinese Quince 200g
Raw Rhubarb 150g
Root-Bark of slenderstyle acanthopanax 100g
Rhizome of incised notopterygium 200g
Root of double teeth pubescent angelica 200g
Root of Red Peony 150g

Place in a jar with white wine (Gao Liang Wine or any other high alcohol content wine)
for 7-15 days. Can be used for all injuries that don't break the skin.

Dit Da Jow recipe: Secretio Moschus moschiferi she-hsiang 1.5g

Semen Strychnotis ma-chien tzu 120g fry in oil, remove hairs
Flos Carthami tinctorii hung-hua 150g
Semen Persicae tao-jen 120g
Myrrha mo-yao 120g vinegar processed
Gummi Olibanum (Frankinsense) ju-hsiang 120g vinegar processed
Eupolyphagae che-chung 60g
Herba Ephedra ma-huang 90g
Semen Sinapis albae pai-chieh-tzu 60g
Radix Angelica (dong kwei) dong kwei 90g
Radix et rhizoma Ligusticii kao-pen 90g
Pyritum dipped in vinegar tzu-jan-tung 90g dipped in vinegar 7x
Radix Glycryrrhizae kan-tsao 60g (licorice not ginger)

> 1- Any idea about where can a person buy those products. I doubt that they > are sold
in a supermarket.

Any Chinese Herbal medicine shop, usually in a Chinatown of your city.

> 2.- Supposing that I found all of them, then what? I just mix them, boil > them, or
what?

Grind the musk into fine powder before grinding the rest of the herbs which should also
be sieved. Mix these with the musk and shape into pills with 1030g honey. Each pill
should weigh about 4.5g. Wrap in waxed paper before packing them in a box for use.

1 pill twice a day, chase with rice wine. Prohibited to pregnant woman.

Regards

Jason

Hello Aikido List,

Janet asked:

> Arnica montana. according to Encyclopedia Brit., is a perennial herb of > north and
central European highlands. The essential oil contains > whatever the active ingrediant is.
Anyone out there know the source for > dit da > jyou?

There are many dit da jiews, depending upon the purpose of use, and what area the recipe
is originally from.

There are dit da jiews that can be used to repair injury after training, and there are those
that can be applied before training to prevent injury.

Chinese doctors rarely give out the recipes for their ddj's, as they generally are family
secrets that are generations old, but there are a few recipes available in Western literature.
Dr. Yang, Jwing Ming provides some very efficacious ddj's in the appendix to his book
"Analysis of Shaolin Chin Na", and the recipe I have included here comes from the
"Secret Shaolin Formulae For The Treatment Of External Injury" and is used to treat
"injury of tendon and bones caused by Chin Na Luo" which is a type of injury caused by
overstreching the tendons:

Secretio Moschus moschiferi musk secretions

Semen Strychnotis seed of strychnos nux-vomica
Flos Carthami tincorii tincture of Carthami flower
Semen Persicae peach kernal
Myrrha resin of Commiphora
Gummi Olibanum (Frankinsense) resin of Boswellia
Eupolyphagae bug from Blattidae family
Herba Ephedra stems of Ephdra sinica
Semen Sinapis albae mustard seed
Radix Angelica (dong kwei) root of Angelia Sinensis
Radix Ligustici wallachii root of Cnidium
Pyritum dipped in vinegar Iron Pyrites
Radix Glycryrrhizae fresh ginger

I might add that there are much more than just "sulphides" present in these herbs. There
are essential oils, resins, alkaloids, flavinoids, fatty acids, fatty oils, glucosides, vitamins,
proteins and salts that all have varying actions on different systems of the human body.

The interesting thing about Chinese herbs, and something that has been proven in
laboratory tests, is that the overall effect of a recipe is greater than the sum effects of it's
individual ingredients. That means when you mix herbs, you get more of an effect than
the two herbs would give if used separately. This is known as synergism in Chinese
medicine.

Musk, to choose just one ingredient in this recipe, for example has at least 26 identified
chemical constituents and has clinically been shown to exhibit:

1) Central nervous system-stimulating effect

2) Hypotensive effect (increases respiration and lowers blood pressure)
3) Male hormone-like effects
4) Uterus stimulating effects, such as contractions
5) Remarkable anti-inflammatory effect
6) Strong anti-bacterial effect on Staphylococcus and E.coli
There is a lot more happening here than just sulphides oxidising broken blood vessels...

Repair of injured tissue operates on numerous levels of the human physiological system.

Just a thought,

Jason

Sydney Australia

Hi George,

you asked:

>Myrrha mo-yao 120g vinegar processed >Gummi Olibanum (Frankinsense) ju-hsiang

120g vinegar processed >Pyritum dipped in vinegar tzu-jan-tung 90g dipped in vinegar
7x > Thank you Jason. Just one question. What you mean with "vinegar > processed"?

"VINEGAR PROCESSED"

Use 20 parts Olibanum to 1 part vinegar. Crush the Olibanum then fry, while sprinkling
with the vinegar. Dry then recrush for use.

Same process for Myrrha

Pyritum; dip in vinegar, allow to sit in open air. A green "rust" will form. Do this seven
times, thereby dissloving a certain amount of copper so that it can enter the solution.

> And also, Peach seed (tao jen) , is it not toxic ?

1. Fatty oils: 40%-50%

2. Oleic acid
3. Palmitic acid
4. Stearic acid

In large doses the oleic acid is toxic. In very large doses can cause death. In controlled
doses, and in conjunction with these other constituents exhibits:

1. Anticoagulant effect
2. Hypotensive effect
3. Antiphlogistic and analgesic effect
4. Effective against tuberculosis
5. Also detoxificant and laxative.

Please note that "tao-jen" as purchased in a Chinese herbal shop is "DRIED peach
kernal". The prussic acid has been neutralised in the drying process.

Regarding ma-huang, yes it contains some powerful compounds;

1. Alkaloids 0.3-1.5% ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norephedrine, norpseudoephedrine N-

methyl-ephedrine, N-methylpseudoephedrine ephedrines A, B, C

2. Essential oils: 1-a-terpinol, noracosan-10-ol, tricosan-1-ol nonacosan

As Cady observed:

>That contains a powerful chemical compound that should be used sparingly >and with
caution, as medical authorities are now noting.

Sparingly and with caution is good advice. Following the advice of an experienced
Chinese herbal medical specialist is better advice. The problem with a little knowledge is
that yes, it can be dangerous thing.

Western people started hearing about the efficacy of ma-huang, as well as other herbs
(Cordyceps; tung-chung-hsia, and Aconite; fo-ti-tieng or fu-tzu) and when they felt the
benefits of their action, mistakenly thought "more is better" and subsequently overdosed,
causing frightening problems, sometimes death. Now the substances are regarded as
toxic, and some are banned in Australia.
In some instances, I do not understand why we westerners have to question, understand,
argue and change certain knowledge from the east. What is wrong with accepting ancient
knowledge?

This is the same with learning Aikido. Why do we have to question, understand, argue
and change what we are learning from our Sensei? As a beginner, who are we to question
the validity of ancient concepts and techniques until we have accepted them, trained in
them, and had their developmental effect influence our body and mind?

Some years ago there was an argument about westerners not being able to master
Japanese arts because they were not Japanese, and this caused outrage because we are all
human beings. But nowadays I surpise myself by thinking that this statement has some
truth, because for us to learn certain things, we need to be in a certain state of mind, and
like it or not, there is a difference in the learning mind of eastern and western people...

I hope this is helpful for you to make dit da jiew yourself.

I have made several and can attest to their effectiveness. It must be stressed that the
correct ddj should used for the proper condition. It must also be stressed that the method
of preparation for recipes (no matter how ridiculous the method may appear) be followed
as closely as possible. For example "dipping in vinegar" it sounds strange, but when you
hear the reason, it becomes clear.

Good luck.

Jason