Best Dit Da Jow For Iron Palm Training

We are often asked what the best Dit Da Jow for Iron Palm Training is and the first answer we give is Dit Da Jow is not used for Iron Palm training. While the name Dit Da Jow is used extensively for Chinese liniments used for training and healing its main purpose is to heal bruises, blood stagnation and blood stasis. But we must point out there is a lot of crossover of Dit Da Jow herbs and Iron Palm herbs in the liniment kits made for each of the those. As an example Hong Hua aka Carthamus Tinctorius is used often in both of these kits

The correct name in Chinese Pinyin for Dit Da Jow Liniment is Die Da Yao 跌打药, It is also referred to as Die Da Jiu, when translated it means Fall Hit Wine. Iron Palm in Chinese Pinyin is called Tie Zhang 铁, it is the practice of using your hand for striking and breaking hard objects. So conditioning the hand to prevent injuries is extremely important and requires a special blend of herbs soaked in alcohol and then applied to the hands before and after training.

Die Da Yao Tie Zhang

For the sake of this article we will refer to Dit Da Jow as Dit Da Jow Tie Zhang as the best Dit Da Jow for Iron Palm Training. So now, what are the best liniment for Iron Palm Training? They are listed below.

Shaolin Iron Palm Liniment

Ku Yu Cheung Liniment

Tie Ba Zhang Liniment

YangShang Tieda Yao

 

The Shaolin Dit Da Jow is the most popular liniment for all Iron Palm Practitioners, at the Shaolin Temple it is referred to in Pinyin as Shaolin Ying Da Li Tan Tieda Yao.

This liniment is applied prior to and after training. This liniment protects the hands or other parts of the body that is involved in Iron Palm training.  This could be arms, shins, knees etc. This liniment is very effective in minimizing long term side effects from impact training as well as conditioning the bones to prevent damage. Boxers can also take advantage of its protective and healing powers when it comes to hand injuries or arthritic conditions.

 

The Herbal Liniment Kit above is prepared in a glass jar, you  can use a one gallon glass jar as shown above or a 5 liter Fido Bormioli Jar sold on Amazon and on occasion Crate and Barrel and The Container Store.

As one advances in training to the point of entering  Iron Palm breaking competitions , liniment kits like Ku Yu Cheung or Tie Ba Zhang Jow are more comprehensive in the fact they also have herbs that help with bruising or contusions (like what is used in Dit Da Jow). As you start breaking bricks and concrete slabs these more comprehensive kits speed up healing and allow you to continue training at 100 percent.

Pictured above is who most people consider the father of Iron Palm Training Ku Yu Cheung AKA Gu Ruzhang, He also was a Master at Iron Body and Golden Bell and of course a Master at the Bak Siu Lum (Northern Shaolin) martial arts system.

So we covered what the best Dit Da Jow for Iron Palm Training is and learned that the correct name Tie Zhang. When starting out all the way to advanced the Shaolin Ying Da Li Tan Tieda Yao is the liniment of choice.