Velvet Deer Horn, Lu Rong 鹿茸 Harts Horn, Velvet hornLu Rong (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 A vendor selling whole and sliced Deer horn of various grades. (Chengdu, 2009) Whole Velvet Deer horn (Chengdu 2009) Velvet Deer Horn slices; note the purplish colored marrow in the center indicating young horn that was stilling growing when cut. Zoological name: Cervus spp.A number of Deer species have been used, the main sources in TCM are:  1. C. nippon (Sika Deer)  2. C. elaphus (Red Deer) Parts used: Young Velvet Deer Horn Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, Salty Classification: N. Yang Tonic Uses: 1. Warms and Tonifies the Kidney Yang, Benefits Vitality: -debilitating and chronic conditions with Weakness of the Kidneys.-Assists the growth of permanent teeth.-Aphrodisiac for the male; spermatorrhea, impotence, poor sex drive-tonic to the Bone, Marrow, Blood and Essence, strengthening the muscles and cartilage.-chronic arthritis, backache, osteomyelitis, skeletal deformities, poor skeletal development;-deafness, poor vision, vertigo;-frequent, copious, clear urine;-slow or retarded physical or mental development in children, learning difficulties, rickets etc. (TCM, West) 2. Benefits the Blood and Essence: -debility, old age disorders etc.-Consumption and similar conditions of debility in the West-Tonifies the Yang, Blood, and…

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