Velvet Antler (Lu Rong), 4oz

Unit Size

4 fl oz. bottle

Dosage

As directed

Potency

2:1

Taste

Sweet, Salty

Properties

Warm

Contraindications

Warm-febrile diseases due to externally-contracted pathogenic influences.Yin Deficiency and ascendant Yang.Phlegm-Heat in the Lung.Heat in the Blood level.Stomach Fire.

Chinese Symptomology

fatigue, impotence, cold extremities, lightheadedness, tinnitus, soreness and lack of strenght in the lower back and knees, frequent copious clear urination. Vaginal discharge or uterine bleeding due to cold from deficiency. Infertility with a cold womb. In children, failure to thrive, mental retardation, learning disabilities, insufficiency growth, skeletal deformities, nonhealing fractures with Kidney deficiency and exhaustion of the essence. Chronic ulcerations or yin-type boils (those that are concave, ooze a clear fluid, and do not heal. - Bensky

Actions

Tonifies Kidney-Yang.Strengthens Qi.Strengthens the Blood.Strengthens the sinews and bones. Fortifies the primal yang, generates essence, augments the marrow - Bensky

Pattern

Kidney yang deficiency; Cold from deficiency; Deficiency essence and blood in children; chronic ulcerations or yin-type boils. - Bensky

Channels Entered

Kidney, Liver

Branch

Liver, Kidneys

Chinese name

Lu Rong

English name

Deer Velvet, velvet antler

Description

"Sweet, salty, and warm, deer antler velvet is regarded as an intense tonic for the Liver and Kidneys that embodies the youthful male growth of the stag. This growth retains much of its potential in the antler velvet, as it has not yet fully expressed itself, and is well-supplied with blood to support its rapid, outward expression. Thus, within its ability to tonify the yang, the yin is also benefited. In other words, it fortifies the primal yang, but also generates essence and augments the marrow. It warms and tonifies the Governing vessel, and stabilizes the Penetrating and Conception vessels when they are deficient. In the words of the Grand Materia Medica, it 'generates essence, tonifies the marrow, nourishes the blood, augments the yang, strengthens the sinews and bones. Treats all deficiency damage.' In Case Records as a Guide to Clinical Practice, Ye Tian-shi observes: 'Deer [antler velvet] is yang and enters the Governing vessel.' Deer antler velvet is often used in the treatment of Kidney yang deficiency with depletion of essence and marrow, leading to such symptoms as weakness of the lower back and knees, impotence, spermatorrhea in men, uterine bleeding and vaginal discharge due to deficiency of the Penetrating and Conception vessels in women, and poor growth or development in children."

Ingredients

Velvet Antler (Lu Rong), 4oz