The powerful herbal ingredients that make Hit! Balm's formula so effective.

 Dit Da Jow is primarily used by martial artists to aid the healing of the injuries       suffered in training, though doctors of Chinese medicine have found them helpful   in the clinic as well.

 The main healing function of Dit Da Jow, according to traditional Chinese   medicine, is to unblock Qi stagnation and ‘blood stasis’. When one suffers a   traumatic injury, Qi is blocked in the meridians causing pain and swelling,   and blood circulation are impeded. Dit Da Jow opens up this blockage,   allowing the Qi to flow freely and encouraging the injury to heal.

 The first time I used a Dit Da Jow was in a martial arts/’monkey style’ yoga class   a couple of friends from Chinese medical school invited me to, taught by a     legendary martial artist/yogi named Paulie Zink (click here or here to have your   mind blown). One of the exercises we performed was called ‘tapping’, which   consisted of standing across from a partner and swinging the insides of our   forearms into each others’ and colliding them like bats. It was excruciating. It   was intended to strengthen our bones to be able to handle the forces of hand-   to- hand combat and punching, but given that I wasn’t used to this sort of thing,   my radius bones quickly became bruised and battered mess. Paulie had us   pause   the exercise and handed us large, spouted bottles of brown, acrid   smelling liquid, telling us to pour it liberally onto the areas that hurt and rub it in; I   was curious about this stuff but frankly didn’t think it was going to do much.   What was interesting to me at the time was how quickly it seemed the pain went   away after applying it, which allowed me to continue tapping; we’d bash our   arms into each other, then pause to apply the liniment, then bash them some   more. This was my first experience with Dit Da Jow.

 The Dit Da Jow I use in my acupuncture practice was inherited from a friend,   mentor and naturally gifted herbalist named Frederick Obey, who opened the   legendary Santa Monica-based store, Herb King. It was a place that students   and practitioners of herbal medicine went to spend time studying, discussing,   and having fun with Chinese herbs, though we expanded our offerings to include   high-quality, medical-grade essential oils and western herbs as well. My   foundation as an herbalist was laid at Herb King, and when the shop closed after   the untimely passing of Frederick, it was his Dit Da Jow recipe, passed down   from his kung fu master, that I inherited. The Jow that I use in my practice has   been soaking in alcohol since 2006. This is the inspiration for HitBalm.

 Before CBD balms, lotions and salves came to market, Chinese medicine   practitioners have been using Dit Da Jow to great effect. While CBD on its own is   a powerful and effective analgesic and anti-inflammatory compound, the   combination of CBD with our proprietary cohort of Dit Da Jow herbs is what   makes HitBalm unbeatable. Frankly, even if HitBalm didn’t have CBD-loaded   hemp extract in it, the Chinese Dit Da Jow herbs in HitBalm would make it   potent; the CBD, however, supercharges it. Every time you use HitBalm, know   that aside from the more recently-discovered benefit of CBD, there are 2000   years of herbal wisdom packed into there as well. In addition to the quality of our   base oils and plant essences, it’s one of the things that sets HitBalm apart:   HitBalm has Qi.