Pin Yin: Lu Rong
English: Deer Antler Velvet
Latin: Cervus elaphus
Properties: sweet, salty, warm
Channels: Kidney, Liver
Key Characteristics: Fortifies the primal Yang, generates essence, augments the marrow, tonifies Jing.
Indications: Kidney Yang deficiency with fatigue, impotence, cold from deficiency in the uterus leading to infertility, disorders with deficient essence and blood.
R + B's deer antler velvet is from free range Red Deer in the Heilongjiang province in Northeast China. These deer are certified by the Chinese Ministry of Health to be clean and safe. Since the deer are so valuable and deer antler is essentially a renewable “resource,” deer are highly protected. The Deer Velvet is harvested from stags when their antlers are soft and rich with nutritional components like minerals, amino acids, vitamins and enzymes. In the spring antlers naturally grow at an astounding rate of almost 2 cm daily. At approximately day 60 of the growing cycle, the deer are gathered together from the free range, and the antlers are harvested under the auspices of licensed and trained veterinarians. The use of the potent neuroleptanalgesicse, when combined with local nerve blocks allows minimal discomfort to the animal.