Dit Da Jow + Other Internal & External Concoctions
Hi all,
I have recently been looking at getting herb packs for Dit Da Jow. Here in the UK its very difficult to fill any of the available formulas written on the internet or in books. Many herbs are not available here.
I was wondering if the TCM pros could help a bit here.
Is it as simple as looking up the ingredients of a Dit Da Jow formula in a materia medica and finding alternative ingredients that you can source?
also does anyone know of a materia medica which has chinese herbs & western equivalents
Have seen josh's but not sure if that has the western equivalent herbs (not just names)
if not
Does anyone know of anywhere in the UK i can obtain herb packs? as for instance looking at dale or josh's website, while they are worth every penny. as soon as you add shipping to the uk (normally $45+) and then add the cost of the alcohol here in the uk (usually needing about $100 (£60) worth . it gets costly!!
Have any of the USA based (josh + Dale and others) considered supplying UK in a vast quantity, or considered having a reseller here?
thanks guys
The Best Dit Da Jow Formula
A great source of Authentic Dit Da Jow and Iron Palm herb kits, is at
eastmeetswest.com, I believe they ship all over. They alsosell internal Dit Da Jow which is pretty cool.
Chinese Herbs + Dit Da Jow Uk
Hi I saw this thread a bit back and just thought I'd post this info if anyone in the Uk was interested;
Chinese Herbs + Dit Da Jow
Zi Ran Tong / Gee Yin Tong. £1 per oz.
Kuan Jin Teng / Foon Gan Tong. £1 per oz.
Xue Jie / Huet Git. ‘Dragon’s Blood’. £4 per oz.
All three are illegal in the Uk. They aren't animal parts or anything, just herbs, resin / minerals.
These three Chinese herbs are not available in the Uk as they've been banned. No herbal supplier will sell them in the Uk unless you maybe found some backstreet guy who you knew etc who had some in or whatever but it would be illegal all the same.
Xue Jie / Huet Git / ‘Dragon’s Blood’ is used as part of the base herbs in many jow formulas. However this herb is the most expensive and its price has been increasing for a few years.
Dit Da Jow
I have four made up batches of a 21 different herb Dit Da Jow formula from Sifu Frank Yee (of Hung Gar if you didn’t know and a highly skilled Sifu is what I heard from a few people who are longer term Sifus and herbalists themselves). One of the longer term Sifus also said that this was also a good formula. The four separate batches contain the solvents vodka, gin, sake and Chinese rice wine vinegar. Some of these have been brewing for over 4 years. I went to great lengths to get all of the ingredients and this formula contains the three named ingredients above. There are also two other ingredients on the formula which I have been told have since become illegal in the Uk and are likely to have the same conditions as the three above. £10 per 100ml bottle. The bottles are the amber glass type. All of the ingredients were cut and also ground using a mortar and pestle and the batches stored in a cool and dark place.
I could also include some other Dit Da Jow formulas I have including ones by Wong Kiew Kit and Brian Grey as well as one or two others.
Any shipping would be done as cheaply as possible and at cost with protection.