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Prescriptions for Replenishing Yin

Guilu Erxian Jiao

龜鹿二仙膠 龟鹿二仙胶
By the TCMHH editorial team Not medically reviewed How we work Updated 6 Oct 2026
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Name

Glue of the Two Ingredients Tortoise Plastron and Antler

The Prescription of Guilu Erxian Jiao

Source

The book Yi Fang Kao

Ingredients

Lu Jiao (Cornu Cervi) 5000 g,Gui Ban (Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis) 2500 g,Gou Qi Zi (Fructus Lycii) 1500 g,Ren Shen (Radix Ginseng) 500 g.

Explanation

Lu Jiao: Promoting the flow of Qi through the Du channels to support yang.

Gui Ban: Activating the flow of Qi through the Ren channels to replenish Yin.

Ren Shen: Invigorating the primordial Qi.

Gou Qi: Nourish the kidney-Yin.

The Effect of Guilu Erxian Jiao

Effect

Supplementing kidney-essence and marrow, invigorating Qi, strengthening Yang.

Indications

Syndrome due to deficiency of both Yin and Yang in the kidney and weakness of both essence and blood in the Ren and Du Channels, marked by emaciation, nocturnal emission, impotence, blurred vision, soreness and weakness of the loins and knees; including such diseases with the above symptoms as various kinds of anemia and impotence.

Administrations

Lu Jiao is sawed into pieces and scraped clean and steeped in water. Gui Ban and the processed Lu Jiao are boiled into glue. Ren Shen and Gou Qi are decocted and condensed into an extract. The glue and the extract are mixed together into Guilu Erxian Jiao. 3 g of it is dissolved in liquor and taken with slightly salty boiled water every morning.

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Sources and further reading

We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.

  • Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
  • Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
  • Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
  • NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.

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