Learn to make your own powerful equine herbal salves and liniments
Two Day Weekend Workshop Cost $350
Take Home products valued at $100 retail
This class will teach the external use of herbal remedies or “Equine Die Da Jao (also expressed as “Equine Dit Da Jow”), the ancient oriental healing art of external herbal therapies, applied to the horse. This class offers the opportunity to learn and work with this ancient modality for the benefit of both horse and human.
The ancient herbal art of Die Da Jao is a time honored tradition among the practitioners of Oriental Bodywork Therapies.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Traditional Tibetan Medicine (TTM), and Ayurvedic Medicine are unique in theories and therapies. Most equine practitioners of Oriental Therapies are familiar with the therapies of Tui Na Massage, Acupuncture, or Acupressure.
However, an important component of all Oriental Therapies is the external use of herbal preparations in conjunction with these therapies. The external use of herbal formulations has a long history, is effective and practical, and has wide indications.
Considering that 85% of the world’s population utilizes raw herbs as their primary source of medicine gives credibility to the fact of the healing powers of the herbal kingdom.
In the cannons and practice of oriental therapies, only 20% of patients are treated solely through the sole use of manual therapies. The additional 80% of clients are always treated in conjunction with herbs, internally, externally, or a combination of both.
As noted, these oriental therapies include acupuncture, acupressure, and Tui-Na massage.
Research shows that injury recovery is faster when acupressure is combined with Die Da Jao. Click here to read study.
These percentages hold true for practitioners of massage & oriental therapies working with horses. The use of external ointments and liniments in conjunction with human bodywork is referred to in ancient TCM texts as Dit Dow Jow or Dit Da Ja.
The external use of herbs has it’s origins in the ancient Shaolin martial arts schools of China, this was proceeded by the Buddhist monastery’s of Tibet. With an impressive clinical history of over 2,500 years, this “Trauma Medicine” or “Hit Medicine”, is commonly known in China as “Dit Ta Yao” or “Dit Da Jow”.
Frequent injuries due to warfare, personal, and property protection, and training injuries gave rise to the specialty of the “Dit Da Ya” doctors. Dit Ta Ya originates from “Buddhist Monk Medicine” or “Seng Yi” as practiced by the monks of the Shaolin temples and Tibetan Buddhist monastery’s.
“Seng Yi” utilizes methods of healing injuries sustained through physical exertion and injury with herbal applications. These herbal formulas were passed on orally and in scriptures through the centuries before finally being committed to written western words in the 20th century
This hands on class is designed for professional therapists, horse trainers, and owners with an interest in oriental healing arts as applied for the well being of the horse and themselves
Participants will learn
Selection, understanding, and use of different soothing and healing herbs
The stages of healing trauma
The healing synchronicity of blending herbs
How to properly evaluate stages of soft tissue problems
Sourcing quality herbs, ingredients and products
Participants will learn to produce, and take home your own potent Die Da Jao:
Salves, Liniments, Herbal packs, Poultices
The formulas and practices will cover all stages of muscular, soft tissue injuries, and skeletal problems in the horse and human.
Click here to view class syllabus.
Until recently the study and use of eastern herbal Die Da Jao has been limited to individuals studying with masters in the east or apprenticing with practitioners of the art of Die Da Jao. This class is the first of it’s kind offered specifically for the benefit of our equine clients
This class is highly recommended for acupressure practitioners, equine body workers, and equine professionals working with muscular, soft tissue, and skeletal problems in horses
The use of herbs is often referred to as the missing link in the healing and recovery of the client. This lack of knowledge and understanding of Die Da Jao regulated the use of herbal preparations to the fringes of the horse world and dismissed it’s effectiveness. Its replacement has become cheap (and expensive), diluted, over the counter salves and liniments and products which depend on scuffing and blistering the skin in the name of assisting healing. This class will teach you how to use the lost art of Die Da Jao to help assist you and your horse.
Participants will take home over $100 worth of herbal products for your horses, you, and yours from this class.