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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:48.970726+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">lu jiao shuang</name>
    <name type="chinese">鹿角霜</name>
    <name type="latin">Cornu Cervi Degelatinatum</name>
    <name type="english">Antler Powder</name>
  </names>
  <category>Tonify Yang</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Gently tonifies Kidney Yang</summary>
      <indication>Kidney Yang deficiency with a sore, weak lower back and knees and mild impotence</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms Kidney and Spleen Yang</summary>
      <indication>Kidney and Spleen Yang deficiency with Cold in the Stomach: vomiting, poor appetite and loose stools</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Astringes to stop bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Uterine bleeding (metrorrhagia) from Deficiency Cold</indication>
      <indication>Other long-standing bleeding of a deficient type</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Secures Jing and stops discharge</summary>
      <indication>Spermatorrhea, frequent urination or bedwetting from Kidney Yang deficiency</indication>
      <indication>Deficient, Cold-type vaginal discharge</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Draws out toxin and heals sores (external use)</summary>
      <indication>Chronic sores and wounds that are slow to close, dusted on as a powder</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
