Hey all, I recently had a jaw surgery (major overhaul), my jaw is broken in three places right now, and my jaws are wired shut. Needless to say my face is all swollen, and I was wondering about using dit da jow as a treatment for the swelling. Now I'm not fresh out of the hospital, I've been home for a week and a half now, and the swelling is going down, but where my upper jaw was screwed together, the swelling is seeming to take longer than I expected. The stitches are all out, and it's really just bones mending at this point, so I don't see that the jow would hurt anything, however, before I start using jow on my face three times per day, I figured I'd give the good ol' TCM forum a shout!

Thanks very much for your time,