Dit Da is a branch in Chinese Medicine that deals with external injury. In many cases, it is a legitimate and valuable alternative to the ER, imaging and drugs. Patient is a 64 years old healthy male who suffered a fall. While descending a flight of fire stairs he slipped and landed on his left side on the metal rods of the stairs. A careful examination determined that there were no bone fractures or ruptured organs. Only Chinese herbs were given and the goal was to control pain, clear dead blood and promote healing. The photos above document the progress from day 3 to day 17 after the accident. Hover cursor over each picture to see comments.