July 15, 200521 yr hey all,i recently started to train with a small group of guys led by a mantis sifu. last night we did pretty hardcore conditioning (inner/outer calf and ankle, inner/outer thigh, left and right lats, and outer upper arm). i haven't conditioned this hard in nearly 7 years. do you have any recommendations on bruise prevention or remedy? i took some ibuprofen as an anti-inflammatory.
July 15, 200521 yr get some good dit da jow. also, you may have gone too hard. Bruising isn't good, as it sets your training back - you can't condition that area that hard again until the bruise heels. you should use jow before and after your conditioning.
July 15, 200521 yr Author Actually, I barely bruised at all! I was pretty surprised...but yeah, I need to get some jow. I'm not sure if jow is any better than ibuprofen, but I've used it in the past and it's worked.
July 15, 200521 yr they have different, yet related purposes. ibuprofren relieves the pain. jow acts to toughen the skin and to break up blood clots that form beneath the skin.
July 16, 200521 yr Author Good lord this stuff is expensive. 18.00 + shipping for an 8 oz. bottle! Do you know if there is somewhere to get it cheap?
July 17, 200521 yr you can make your own its not hard to make.you have to wait about a year before you can use it.thats why its expensive.I make my own .I age it a minimum of one year. http://www.youtube.com/user/sifumcilwrath"When the student is ready the master will appear"
July 17, 200521 yr Author Here is a list that I found online for a homemade dit da jow:Artemisia (Liu ji nu) - 5g Borneol (Bingpian) - 1g Carthamus (Honghua) - 5g Catechu (Ercha) - 8g Cinnabar (Zhusha) - 5g Cirsium (DaJi) - 1g Dragon's Blood (Xuejie) - 30g Mastic (Ruxiang) - 5g Musk (Shexiang) - 1g Myrrh (Moyao) - 5g Pinellia (ShengBanXia) - 5gMix/slightly crush the herbs and submerge in a bottle of strong alcohol (80 proof vodka/gin/chinese rice wine). They say to put it into a dark container and store it in a closet or some other dark and cool place. I'm going to try and track down these herbs in China town here in Philly this week or next.
July 18, 200521 yr sometimes, the herbs are hard to obtain and can only be gotten by an herbalist - it will all depend on the recipe. Since there is a chinatown in your area though, price some there.
July 18, 200521 yr Does it really work? With all the interest I have in MA and oriental life style...chinese medecine is something I see more like a placebo then anything else.
July 19, 200521 yr It really works... good jow does, anyway... I'm skeptical of a lot of things as well - I will try them and see for myself. good jow is good stuff.
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