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Latin pharmacognostic name: Cervi Cornus Gelatinum

Alternate English names: deer horn glue

Alternate Chinese names: 鹿胶 lù jiāo

Kingdom: Animal

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Cervus nippon Temminck; Cervus elaphus L. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin (other sources): Cervus nippon Temminck; Cervus elaphus L.

Use: Medicinal

Category: Supplementing agents / Yáng-supplementing agents

Properties: Sweet and salty; warm; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: Liver and kidney channels.

Indications:

Supplements blood and boosts essence.

insufficiency of kidney qì; marked emaciation; lumbar pain; yīn flat-abscesses (yīn jū); impotence; seminal efflux; uterine vacuity cold; flooding and spotting; vaginal discharge.

Dosage & Method: Oral: Dissolve in water or yellow wine (6–12g); make into pill, powder, or paste preparations.

Warnings: Contraindicated in yīn vacuity with yáng hyperactivity.

Quality: Neat lumps of semitranslucent glue and without unpleasant odor are the best.

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