Lu Rong
Cervi Cornu patotrichum
sweet, salty, warm
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Tonify Yang
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Erectile dysfunction
- Cold extremities
- Tinnitus
- Low back pain
- Knee pain
- Frequent urination
- Vaginal discharge
- Uterine bleeding
- Infertility
- Mental disorders
- Developmental delays
- Musculoskeletal growth problems
- Failure to thrive
- Learning disabilities
- Bone fractures
- Ulcers
- Boils
Lu Rong has been found in clinical trials to increase testosterone production. It works powerfully to tonify the yang hormones of the body. It is sweet, salty, and warm. Lu Rong enters the liver and kidney systems to improve a low functioning endocrine system.
Lu Rong acts on the adrenal glands and the gonads to strengthen the tendons, ligaments, and improve developmental delays when related to poor endocrine function. Prescribing too much Lu Rong too soon can result in the liver yang rising with symptoms of dizziness, red eyes, and possibly hypertension.
Channels: liver, kidney
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Vasodilation
- Increased sex hormone production
- Erectile dysfunction
- Fatigue
- Vertigo
- Joint pain
- Weakness of limbs
- Development delays
- Premature aging
- Uterine bleeding
- Infertility
- Learning disabilities
- Musculoskeletal deformities
- Cold extremities
- Poor vision
- Low back pain
- Knee pain
- Leukorrhea
- Skin infections
- Frequent clear urination
- Increased blood flow to the brain
- Low blood pressure
- Orthostatic hypotension
- Diuresis
- Immune system regulation
- Poor appetite
- Weight gain
- Hypothyroid
Formulas:
- Tu Si Zi Wan
Contraindications: Lu Rong is potent and should be prescribed in small doses initially before increasing in increments, do not prescribe to patients with heat patterns from deficiency or who have heat in the blood level, do not prescribe if the patient has phlegm-heat in the lungs or if they have a pathogen that is warm in nature, do not prescribe to patients with blazing stomach fire
Zoo Image: there is a grizzly bear wedding, the bride is dressed in a girdle with a cold womb carrying wilted flowers, the groom has chong and ren suspenders with a sore low back and has to pee, they say “I du” and toast with cups of essence and blood while they walk down a carpet full of boils and ulcers, the bone bearer has weak broken bones