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LATIN NAME: CERVUS NIPPON

COMMON NAME: Deer Antler Slices, Lu Rong, Velvet Antler

The deer antler slices, known in the old traditions as lu rong, are the soft, velvet-covered antlers of the sika deer, cut in the spring before they harden, and their long history as a treasured material has made them a subject of continuing study. The sika deer grows as a medium-sized deer of the forests of the East, reaching up to a metre and a half at the shoulder, with a reddish-brown, spotted coat in the summer and a darker, thicker coat in the winter, and with the males carrying the branching antlers which are shed and regrown each year, soft and covered with velvet in the spring and hard and polished by the autumn. The sika deer is native to the forests of the East, while it has been farmed for its antlers and its other products for a very long time, and the dried, sliced antlers are prepared by cleaning, slicing and drying the soft velvet antlers.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The deer antler slices and the sika deer have a real and distinguished place in research. They have been studied in the zoology and the wildlife management, since the sika deer is one of the characteristic deer of the East Asian forests, and the researchers have examined its biology, its behaviour and its management in both the wild and the farmed populations, while the study of the deer and their conservation has drawn attention in the international zoological and wildlife press. The antler has also been studied in the chemistry and the animal-tissue science, since the velvet antler is a rapidly growing tissue and contains a range of proteins, growth factors and other compounds, and the researchers have examined the antler, its constituents and its composition, while the study of the animal-derived traditional materials has been of continuing interest, and the material is best appreciated as a subject of historical and chemical study rather than a casual remedy. The species has also been studied in the history and the ethnopharmacology, since the deer antler has a very long history in the old texts of the East, and the researchers have examined the records and the traditional uses, while the place of the deer antler in the old traditions has been of interest to the historians. For a material of such history, the deer antler slices have a rich and distinguished record of study.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

To grow the Sika Deer from seed, the sika deer moves through the forest edges and the woodlands of the East, its grazing and browsing shaping the undergrowth of the woodland. The deer are a part of the food web of the forest, and their management requires a careful balance between the herds and the health of the woodland. Its economic value is real and historic: the sika deer has been farmed for its velvet antlers and its other products for a very long time, and the deer farming has drawn attention in the international agricultural and trade press, while the traditional materials have a long history in the markets of the East, and the sustainable farming of the deer is the only responsible source of the material. To raise the sika deer for its antlers, keep the herds in spacious woodland with clean water and natural forage, and manage the populations with care for the health of the forest.

keep the young deer in spacious woodland with clean water and natural forage, and manage the populations with care for the health of the forest.

NATURE: Warm; sweet and salty; attributive to kidney and liver. CHARACTERISTICS: Horn of nippon, prepared as round thin pieces, section of base is whitish and soft, unpleasant in odor. Nutrient tonic to semen, marrow, sinew, and cartilage. This is one of the most renowned and popular sexual tonics.  THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS:   Invigorate kidney-yang, supplement essence and blood and strengthen the tendons and bones. For treating kidney-yang deficiency manifested as cold limbs, fatigue, backache, impotence, emission and profuse urine, sterility and leucorrhagia. Also for treating insufficiency of essence and blood manifested as flaccidity of extremities or mal-development, slow growth in children. It accelerates the healing of ulcer or wound, increases the level of red blood cells, increases heart rate and cardiac output.