Herbs that Tonify Yang
Lu Jiao Jiao 鹿角胶
Gelatinum Cornu Cervi Deer Horn Gelatin
Also known as Bai Jiao
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Materia Medica Data
- Category
- Herbs that Tonify Yang
- Temperature
- Warm
- Nature & Flavour
- Sweet, Salty, Warm
- Channels Entered
- LIV, KI
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Gelatinum Cornu Cervi
- Chinese
- 鹿角胶
- Tone Marks
- lù jiăo jiāo
- Also Known As
- Bai Jiao
- Translation
- Deer Horn Gelatin
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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Chinese Herbs Books & References
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