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Bowtie Team
Updated on
2025-08-15
Disclaimer: This article is translated with the assistance of AI.
Many Hongkongers seek dit da treatment after sprains or injuries. But what exactly is dit da? What’s in the popular dit da oil? Bowtie invited Dr. Lam Yuen Kwan from Logos Chinese Medicine Clinic to explain it all and share insights on fees. Plus, we’ve curated a handy list of dit da clinics across Hong Kong, Kowloon, and New Territories for easy reference!
What is Dit Da? Principles Explained
Dit Da is Hong Kong’s unique term for Traditional Chinese Medicine’s orthopedics and traumatology. Its main principle involves using Chinese orthopedic techniques, along with internal and external medications, to treat injuries and abnormalities in the skin, muscles, meridians, qi, and blood. For example, fractures from external injuries are treated with fixation, topical ointments, and internal herbs that promote blood circulation and remove stasis, while muscle sprains are addressed with Chinese massage to realign the damaged tissues.
When Do You Need Dit Da Treatment?
You may seek Dit Da or orthopedic treatment when meridians are blocked, or in cases of falls, injuries, or musculoskeletal strain. Injuries caused by falls, drops, impacts, sprains, twists, compression, heavy lifting, cuts, or overexertion are all related to external forces.
What is Dit Da Jow? Is It Necessary?
Dit Da Jow typically contains key Chinese herbs like San Qi, Chuan Xiong, Hong Hua, and Tao Ren. It’s a tincture made by soaking these wind-dispelling, cold-scattering, and dampness-relieving herbs in alcohol, primarily to promote blood circulation and resolve stasis.
Dit Da Jow is commonly used as an aid in massage and manipulation for fresh injuries from falls; however, it should not be used on open wounds or skin conditions.
Different types of Dit Da Jow target specific injuries, including fractures, dislocations, tendon injuries, and internal damage. Practitioners categorize treatment into early, middle, and late stages based on the condition.
- In the early stage, injuries to muscles, bones, and meridians, such as contusions, often involve qi and blood stagnation, causing swelling and pain. Suitable treatments focus on promoting blood circulation, reducing swelling, and relieving pain.
- In the middle stage, pain decreases significantly, but swelling may persist. Treatments then emphasize relaxing tendons and activating collaterals.
- For late-stage patients with chronic pain, the affected area often shows deficiency-cold and qi-blood stasis, so warming meridians and unblocking collaterals with ointments is recommended.
Diet Restrictions After Dit Da Treatment?
Patients with sprains must avoid certain foods, known in Chinese medicine as “trigger foods.” These are items that generate heat, phlegm, wind, or rashes, which can flare up old conditions or worsen new ones, increasing pain, redness, swelling, or itching. Common trigger foods include spicy and sour items, alcohol, shrimp, crab, shellfish, duck, goose, beef, lamb, glutinous rice, mushrooms, mango, durian, lychee, and more.
How Much Does Dit Da Jow Cost in HK?
In Hong Kong, general Dit Da Jow (Chinese orthopedics) treatments typically cost between $500 and $1,000, depending on the severity of the injury and the experience of the practitioner or master.
Info Provided by Chinese Medicine Practitioner Lam Yuen Kwan
- Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner in Hong Kong
- Author of “The Female Chinese Medicine Practitioner’s 24 Solar Terms Beauty and Health Guide”
- Enjoys researching wellness diets and cooking in spare time, visiting masters to study pulse diagnosis, medication, acupuncture, orthopedics, and fascial techniques. Passionate about pain management, dermatology, gynecology, weight management, and more.
Best Dit Da Clinics in Hong Kong?
Bowtie has compiled a list of some Dit Da clinics across Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories for your reference:
Hong Kong Island
| Dit Da Clinic | Address | Enquiry/Appointment Phone |
| Pang Kwai Wing Dit Da Therapy Centre | Room D, 21/F, Upper East, 373 King’s Road, North Point | 6999 7181 |
| Wong Kam Wah Dit Da Orthopedics | 3/F, Friendship Building, 347 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai | 9211 3535 |
| Luk Chi Fu Dit Da Luk Pak Shing Clinic | Room 1301, 13/F, East District Commercial Centre, 397 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai | 9684 4844 |
| Cho Shan Chinese Medicine Acupuncture Dit Da Clinic | Flat C, 2/F, On Tai Building, 1-3 Wu Nam Street, Aberdeen, Hong Kong | 2518 7266 |
| Lau Chi Shing Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner | 8/F, Long Ying Commercial Building, 10 Tung Sing Road, Aberdeen | 2554 8086 |
| Law Pok Ho Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner | Room 03, 17/F, Golden Union Commercial Centre, 458-468 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay | 5190 3618 |
| Ho Chung Sing Kwok Wai Father-Son Dit Da Clinic | 13 Catchick Street, Western District | 2818 5215 |
| Tong Wing Hong Dit Da Clinic (Orthopedics) Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner | Flat D, 2/F, Cheung Yau Building, 150-158 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai | 2574 1686 |
| Fung Wun Kam Dit Da Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner | 113 Second Street, Sai Ying Pun | 2548 2727 |
| Lam Keung Dit Da Clinic | Shop 1, G/F, Tung Ho Building, East Street, Shau Kei Wan | 2884 2130 |
Kowloon
| Dit Da Clinic | Address | Enquiry/Appointment Phone |
| Chan Chung Fai Dit Da Clinic | G/F, 9 Nga Tsin Wai Road, Kowloon City | 2383 8641 |
| Lee Chi Tat Dit Da Orthopedics | Shop 3, G/F, 44-50 Nga Tsin Wai Road, Kowloon City | 2383 3040 |
| Heung Kwok Shing Dit Da Clinic | G/F, 14 Shung Wah Street, Fung Wong San Tsuen, Tsz Wan Shan | 2328 0561 |
| Shun Yu Tong (Dit Da, Bone Setting, Acupuncture, Internal Medicine) | Shop P, G/F, Lee Kee Building, 55 Ngau Tau Kok Road, Ngau Tau Kok | 9142 3127 |
| Wong On Dit Da Clinic | Flat A, 4/F, Luk Hop Industrial Building, 6 Luk Hop Street, San Po Kong | 9783 7579 |
| Pang Kwai Wing Dit Da Therapy Centre Mong Kok Branch | Room 20, 15/F, Hollywood Commercial Centre, 610 Nathan Road, Mong Kok | 6999 7191 |
| Ying Wah Dit Da Clinic | Shop D, 77 Tai Po Road, Sham Shui Po | 9241 3366 |
| Yat Pai Leung Choi Shun Dit Da Medicine Bureau | G/F A, 175 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Sham Shui Po | 2386 6097 |
| Law Ying Cheung Law To New School Dit Da Clinic | 157-161 Po Kong Village Road, Tsz Wan Shan | 2322 4227 |
| Chan Hoi Kwai Clinic (Dit Da, Chinese Medicine Consultation) | 20 Choi Hung Road, San Po Kong | 2322 8105 |
New Territories
| Dit Da Clinic | Address | Enquiry/Appointment Phone |
| Tang Kai Hung Dit Da Clinic | Shop J, 10/F, Kingsford Plaza Phase 2, Shek Mun, Sha Tin | 2606 5338 |
| Tai Po Dit Da Clinic | C2, 45 Po Heung Street, Tai Po | 2638 8786 |
| Cheung Shing Dit Da Clinic | Shop 1C, G/F, San Fung Building, 33 San Fung Avenue, Sheung Shui | 2673 4610 |
| Wong Wah On Dit Da Clinic | Flat D, 1/F, Wo Fung Court, 8 Wo Fung Street, Fanling | 2677 3740 |
| Chiu Man Fat Dit Da Practitioner | B, 120 Kwong Fuk Road, Tai Po | 26517 603 |
| Chan Ka Keung Dit Da Clinic | Fu Shing Shopping Centre, 24 Yuen Long New Street, 9 Sai Ching Street, Yuen Long | 2617 1881 |
| Tse Wing Chau Dit Da Acupuncture | Shop S2C, G/F, Shopping Arcade, Treasure Garden, 11 Tong Chun Street, Tseung Kwan O | 3485 0331 |
| Gong Zheng Tang Chinese Medicine Dit Da | Shop A101a, Shek Lei Shopping Centre Phase 1, Kwai Chung | 6575 8884 |
| Yuen Chi Ning Dit Da Clinic | Shop S2, 1/F, Lek Yuen Estate Fortune House, Sha Tin | 2278 0116 |
| Law Wing Keung Dit Da Chinese Medicine Clinic | Shop 10, G/F, Cheuk Fung Garden Shopping Arcade, Tuen Mun | 9881 0178 |
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