This is where I purchased my last bottle of jow. I got the general purpose mixture, yet at the time I had a problem with my wrist tendonitis/carple tunnel, not sure what was wrong. For my curing aid some herbs were added for my wrist situation.
not much later my wrist is feeling much better. I am now able to put all my weight on it as well as almost full force palm strikes, with no pain.
Comes in a glass bottle with a glass dropper. I must say I dont know why no one else uses droppers. Its a great idea.
I know PlumDragon (Josh) has a smaller operation going on than others out there, but he knows what he is doing and has sure helped me out.
I will surely purchase jow from him again.
He also sales an iron hand mixture as well as aged bottles.
i started off with wing lam’s jow.
used a couple from ditdajows.com.
made several of my own.
now i use mike biggie’s jow (have a gallon right now).
it is truely the best i’ve ever had. african bird pepper
really hits the spot.
also there is a chewy ball that you can buy at most
chinatown supermarkets called “tieh tah wan”.
i recovered from broken ribs in less than a month
with this stuff and biggie laoshi’s jow.
For many years I swore by Lam Sifu’s jow - now I realize it’s a bit on the “light” side, although I do believe the formulation to be excellent - it just needs to be buried in the ground next to the kimchi for a few months.
One of the most effective jows I ever used for general bruising was a simple ‘house blend’ from an herbalist in Oakland Chinatown. It only had 8 ingredients, but dispersed bruises completely by the next morning after a hard night workin’ the wooden dummy (geez, that almost sounds a little kinky :rolleyes: )
As for the Tieh Ta Wan, I’ve heard of dissolving that resinous ball in rice wine or vodka as an ‘emergency jow’ with decent results. I’ve not tried that, although I will often dissolve the pill in rice wine for internal consumption after getting the cr@p beaten outta me! The next day I usually feel better - If I don’t take it, the next day I’m usually really sore, sluggish and have a headache.
The Dit Da Wan/Tieh Ta Wan that I like the best is 5 Photos Brand. Not too bad of a taste. I eat it like taffy when I need to. Yummy for my tummy(and bruises…)
Lam sifu’s jow is not bad. The recipe given on another post is the formula that he uses. I always make my jows with just enough vodka to cover the herbs, as that makes a very dark and powerful jow. If you can see through it then its not strong enough.
That’s right. before I guy jow from someone I always make sure they’re a chinese sifu. Those jow are like magic pills aren’t they. gives you back your life force although some ppl will tell you it’s not safe for consumption.
Just beacuse something from China says its an “Authentic Monk formula”, does not always mean that it is a good one. I have a friend pick up a sword over there that was sold as an Authentic Chinese Jian (I cannot reemmber if it was inside or outside the temple there)…well,…it is a sword…it was made in China,…but the materials/workmanship/quality was less than top-notch.
My intent here is not to down anyone for believing the lable or to say that the product is in any way lacking; My intent is to caution the buyer. The best way to know what is in your jow is to just make it yourself. I did & mine works almost like magic. Batch size makes no difference BTW,…as long as you can handle mixing the stuff thouroughly once a week for the first 3 months.
All the formulae that I have seen require that the jow be allowed to “ferment” for a minimum of 6 months & not kept in the light. I sell my jow in either cobalt blue or brown bottles to minimize sun exposure. One lady I know put hers in an empty “Absorbine Jr.” bottle. Now THAT is a cool idea.
The guy selling the jow clearly was a monk. I asked him what style kung fu he said tiger claw and showed me some moves. IMO that’s proff enough. He was outside the temple.
It’s in 50 to 60 bottles which I had them imported. But it must have gotten lost in the mail somewhere haven’t managed to track it down. I’ve alrerady paid for it
vasquez, my wife is an authentic shaolin monk. she can do a tiger claw too.
she makes up a great batch of magical shaolin cookies which i’ll ship to you
for the low cost of only $50US per dozen. i don’t like to sell the shaolin tradition
so cheaply, but for you i can do this. just put your money order in the mail
to 4107 redmond ave. bethany, oklahoma 73008 USA
it’s way better than shaolin dit da jow. by the way, that monk that you met
was my father and i know that he’s a no good charlatain. he’ll never send your
jow.
now son, that is no way to talk about your father. I did not sneak out of the temple to get some just to have a no good kid bad talk his pops.
and, darn tootin you wont get your jow. I already spent your money on rice. But those cookies are pretty good. i actually spent some of the money on a dozen of them. now my tiger claw can rend stone after eating only 4 of them. i highly suggest you get some of those magic shaolin cookies.
you don’t understand. he was a good monk and the real deal. I wrote to him and he regretted that it got lost in transit. He said he’ll send me another batch but needed down payment to purchase the rare herbs.
rare herbs? Most Chinese medicine is cheap. Really cheap. The only rare herbs are wild ginseng, or any wild versus cultivated herb. Dong Cho Choe is rare to get wild, most if not all are cultivated nowadays.
vasquez, after he gets the rare herbs, he usually smokes them.
then he forgets your name and address. it’s magic. just send your
money to me, and i’ll send you the magic dit da jow cookies.
(it’s the chocolate chips that have all the magic!)
trust me. i have no reason to lie. i can even do a tiger claw.
