I just re-read your answer.
If boiling the constituents is not recommended...or at least only some of them..do you think that boiling them briefly(not unlike one would make tea) would be a viable option?
I'd be happy to buy some Jow from you. I only tried experimenting with some of the herbs which I grinded in a coffee grinder and then soaked them in some 151 Vodka and Sake.
I used just some of the standard ones: Hong Hua, Dan Shen, Mo Yao, Fu Ling, Fang Feng,etc.
I also put some of the ones from different formulas such as Liu Huang"(sulfur) which is a component of the "mantis" jow and one other..I think it might have been pumice stone from the "Wing Chun" formula.
Not to worry Dale..I don't have any plans to sell mine..so I won't be a compeptitive threat to your company