Yang Tonics
Lu Jiao Jiao (鹿角胶)
Name
Lu Jiao Jiao (Deerhorn glue)
The Effect of 鹿角胶
Property
Sweet, salty, warm; liver and kidney meridians entered.
Actions
Nourish blood and tonify essence.
Indications
Lumbago, morbid leucorrhea, thin and weak due to asthenic disease, deficiency of kidney-qi, impotence, spermatorrhea, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, cold uterus, dorsal furuncle.
Dosage and Administrations
Melt by boiling water or millet wine, 3 g per time, 3 times a day. It also can be made into pill and powder.
Cautions
It is contraindicated for yin-deficiency leading to hyperactivity of yang.
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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