Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

lù jiǎo / 鹿角 / 鹿角 / deer antler;

Latin pharmacognostic name: Cervi Cornu

Alternate English names: deer horn

Alternate Chinese names:

Origin: Animal

Use: medicinal

Category: Supplementing agents / Yáng-supplementing agents

Properties: Salty; warm; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: liver and kidney channels.*

Indications:

Moves the blood, disperses swelling, and boosts the kidney.

toxin swelling of sores; blood stasis pain; lumbar spine pain.

Dosage & Method:

3.0–9.0g. Contraindicated in yīn vacuity and hyperactivity of yáng.

See also:

lù róng (鹿茸 Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum, velvet deer antler;)