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The pin yin spelling tieh da jiu but most English speakers familiar with kung fu herbs use the cantonese dit da jow, or just jow for short.

Are you using the formula from the Sifu? I just saw that it was on the instructors handouts CD not too long ago. Where do you buy your herbs to put the formula together? Is there a good china town in Moscow or do you just order them from china?

I'm not sure what the red flower oil is for.

Also since I haven't had a chance to make any of the Sifu's formula I don't know if it's hot or cold. Is it a cold formula, and that's why you use the zheng gu shui? Do you use that more to loosen up during training or as a recovery tool to deal with sprains and strains / soreness? I usually mix some zheng gu shui with my jow to make it hot, but otherwise always kind of considered it to be inferior to dit da jow, so now I'm really curious about your use of it.