From: Lars D. Nooden
I'm looking for some authoritative resoruces describing dit dat jow
recipes and ingredients.
What do you use and where do you get it or the ingredients?
Sure
- go to groups.google.com
- navigate your way to rec.martial-arts.moderated
- put "dit dat jow recipe" into the search bar
I find this post from Gints K ...
Cheers
Neil
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These liniments vary greatly. Some of the Muay Thai people around me
swear by it. Some other people apply it sporadically. Personally, I
have never tried any because I wonder about the ingredient list.
Neurotoxins
applied topically do reduce pain. Cyanide does a fine job, even as
a method for paralyzing fish during collection for export to hobbyists.
I'm pretty sure that cyanide is found in apple and apricot seeds. I've
also heard that raw almonds are also toxic. So, if any of these liniments
contain cyanide, you'll probably notice a reduction in sensation because
you're killing the nerves in the area of application !!! Consider
Ben Gay instead of magical ointments with magical but possibly mildly
toxic ingredients.
From "Inside Kung-Fu" October 1995
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Recipe for Chi Li San
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Defatted Croton Seed Power 5g
Frankincense 5g
Myrrh 5g
Resina Draconis 5g
Natural Copper (Crushed) 5g
Sodium Borate 5g
Tuber of Pinellia 5g
Radix Angelica Sinensis 10g
Iron Hitting Wine Recipe (Dit Ta Jow)
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Camphor (crushed) 10g
Raw Fruit of Cape Jasmine 5g
Raw Root of Kusenoff (no mass listed)
Monkshood 25g
Raw Aconite Root 25g
Raw Tuber of Jackinthepulpit 25g
Raw Pinella Tuber 25g
Cattail Pollen 25g
Raw Chinese Quince 200g
Raw Rhubarb 150g
Root-Bark of slender style acanthopanax 100g
Rhizome of incised notopterygium 200g
Root of double teeh pubescent angelica 200g
Root of Red Peony 150g
Zheng Gu Shui
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active ingredient: Menthol