味甘咸。性温。无毒。禀纯阳之质。含生发之气而成。升也。阴中阳也。马勃为之使
。畏大黄。
【主治】主漏下恶血。寒热惊痫。益气。强志。（本经）疗虚劳。洒洒如疟。羸瘦。四
肢
酸疼
近丈
血。赤
虚痢。
【归经】入肾经。兼入心肝心包三经。为峻补下元真阳之品。（纯阳之物 生精补髓 养
血
益
俗名毛鹿角。味咸。性温。无毒。杜仲为使。畏大黄。
【主治】主恶疮痈肿。逐邪恶气。留血在阴中。除小腹血急痛。腰脊痛。折伤恶血。益
气。
伤。烧
酒服一
【归经】入肾经。兼入心肝心包三经。为补阳之品。
一名白胶。味甘。性平。无毒。杜仲为使。畏大黄。
【主治】主伤中劳绝。腰痛羸瘦。补中益气。妇人血闭无子。止痛。安胎。（本经）疗
吐
血下血。崩中不止。四肢作痛。多汗淋露。折跌伤
血。妇人服之令有子。治漏下赤白。（甄权）
【归经】入肾经。兼入心肝心包三经。为温补下元之品。
【前论】沈存中曰。凡含血之物。肉易长。筋次之。骨最难长。故人必二十岁骨髓方坚。
麋
岂与凡血比哉。抱朴子曰。猎人得鹿。絷之取茸。然后毙鹿。以血未散故也。寇氏曰。鹿茸
最难不破。又不出血者。盖其力尽在血中故也。苏颂曰。鹿角要黄色紧重尖好者。以鹿角镑
屑。生用则散热行血。消肿辟邪。或用蜜浸酒浸炙黄。熟用则益肾补虚。强精活血。若炼霜
熬膏
补阳
Sweet and salty in flavor. Warm in nature. Non-toxic. It inherits the quality of pure Yang, formed by containing the Qi of growth and generation. It ascends. It is Yang within Yin. Ma Bo (Boletus) serves as its guide drug. It fears Da Huang (Rhubarb).
[Indications] Primarily treats abnormal uterine bleeding with dark blood, alternating chills and fever, convulsions, and epilepsy. It tonifies Qi and strengthens willpower. (*Shennong Bencao Jing*) Treats consumptive disease, shivering like malaria, emaciation, soreness and pain in the four limbs, and bloody dysentery.
[Meridian Tropism] Enters the Kidney Meridian, and also enters the Heart, Liver, and Pericardium meridians. It is a potent substance for severely tonifying the true Yang of the lower Yuan. (A pure Yang substance that generates essence, supplements marrow, nourishes blood, and benefits...)
Commonly known as hairy deer antler. Salty in flavor. Warm in nature. Non-toxic. Du Zhong (Eucommia Bark) serves as its guide drug. It fears Da Huang (Rhubarb).
[Indications] Primarily treats malignant sores and carbuncles, expels evil qi, removes stagnant blood in the Yin regions, alleviates acute abdominal pain due to blood stasis, and lumbar and spinal pain. It treats traumatic injuries with bad blood, tonifies Qi... taken with roasted wine.
[Meridian Tropism] Enters the Kidney Meridian, and also enters the Heart, Liver, and Pericardium meridians. It is a substance for tonifying Yang.
Also named Bai Jiao (White Glue). Sweet in flavor. Neutral in nature. Non-toxic. Du Zhong (Eucommia Bark) serves as its guide drug. It fears Da Huang (Rhubarb).
[Indications] Primarily treats damage to the middle Jiao and exhaustion from overwork, lumbar pain, and emaciation. It tonifies the middle and benefits Qi. For women with amenorrhea and infertility, it relieves pain and calms the fetus. (*Shennong Bencao Jing*) Treats hematemesis and hematochezia, metrorrhagia that does not stop, pain in the four limbs, excessive sweating and discharge, and traumatic fractures with bleeding. For women, taking it enables conception. It treats leukorrhea and abnormal uterine bleeding. (Zhen Quan)
[Meridian Tropism] Enters the Kidney Meridian, and also enters the Heart, Liver, and Pericardium meridians. It is a warm tonic for the lower Yuan.
[Preliminary Discussion] Shen Cunzhong said: Among all creatures containing blood, flesh grows easily, tendons are next, and bones are the most difficult to grow. Therefore, humans must reach twenty years of age before their bone marrow becomes solid. How can elk compare to ordinary blood? Baopuzi said: When hunters catch deer, they tie them up to take the velvet antlers, then kill the deer, because the blood has not yet dispersed. Kou Zhi said: Deer antler is the hardest to break without cracking, and it does not bleed when cut, because its power lies entirely within the blood. Su Song said: For deer antler, those that are yellow, tight, heavy, and sharp-tipped are good. Shave the deer antler into flakes. Used raw, it dissipates heat, promotes blood circulation, reduces swelling, and wards off evil. Or soaked in honey or wine, and roasted until yellow. Used cooked, it benefits the Kidneys, tonifies deficiency, strengthens essence, and invigorates blood. If refined into frost or boiled into paste, it tonifies Yang.