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UK Dit Da Jow

 

 

 

If you are interested in making Dit Da Jow and live here in the UK you may have found some of the ingredients hard to  obtain or illegal to import. Here is a recipe supplied and researched by Brad Warren. Remember the reason the Chinese used the herbs they did is that they were locally growing herbs. If they had lived in the British Isles they would have used herbs along these lines. Don't be fooled into paying more for imported herbs.

· 70 cl bottle of Vodka

· Methyl salicilate (Wintergreen oil), don't use linament variety

0.5 oz of the following ingredients

· Ladies Bedstraw

· Club Moss

· Cowslip

· Cowslip Root

· Shepherds purse

· St Johns Wort

· Nettle

· Comfrey Root

· Walnut Leaf

You will also need the following

50 grams of pure camphor crystals *

( * Use of Camphor crystals is discouraged due to a number of deaths of infants where it was taken orally, and a number of respiratory difficulties when applied to the nose. It has also been shown to cross the placenta in pregnant women.)  

50 Grams of Menthol crystals

and access to this equipment

A Blender /food mixer

A sieve

A dark glass container ie wine bottle or similar that can be sealed

How to  make it

1. Put 0.5 oz of each herb into the food blender and grind until a fine mix.

2. Funnel mixture into dark glass container that has been washed and dried previously

3. Pour the vodka into the bottle ,(and drink what does not fit, hic!!)

4. Put the bottle in warm dark place for 8 weeks minimum and shake daily

5. After a very minimum of 8 weeks pour mixture through a sieve into another bottle.

6. Squeeze every drop out of the herbs in the sieve into the mixture then top up with

Methyl salicilate .

7. Pour the camphor and menthol crystals into a bowl and crush them up a bit at a time, you can use the back of a spoon for that. Ensure good ventilation and at all costs avoid exposure to the eyes or any open wounds.

8. Funnel the crushed crystals into the bottle with the jow and place in a warm dark place for another 2 weeks minimum.
Remember to massage it into the area to be conditioned thoroughly prior to conditioning. The massage is as important as the jow. After training apply some more, massage and do not wash off for at least an hour after.

This is for external use only, do not drink or apply to open wounds
Herbs were ordered from HAMBLEDON HERBS in Taunton and you can contact them on 01823 401 104.

 

 
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