Deer Penis

Traditional Use

Primary Actions

• Strongly warms Kidney Yang and supports sexual function - Lu Bian is classically directed to impotence, reduced libido, cold weakness of the lower burner, and depleted reproductive drive.
• Supplements essence for infertility and chronic debility - traditional use extends to infertility and weakness after long illness when deep constitutional depletion is the main pattern.
• Supports the low back and knees in deficiency-cold states - like other deer-derived tonics, Lu Bian is used when sexual and constitutional weakness coexist with soreness and coldness below the waist.

Secondary Actions

• In trade and formula literature, Lu Bian may refer to penis material alone or to combined penis-and-testis preparations, so exact sourcing and labeling matter.
• Traditional use is highly specialized and typically embedded in patent formulas, medicinal wines, or supervised tonic combinations rather than simple standalone decoction use.

Classic Formulas

• Kidney-Yang tonic wine and pill traditions with Rou Cong Rong, Ba Ji Tian, Tu Si Zi, and Lu Rong - common lower-burner warming strategy for impotence and infertility from deficiency-cold.
• Lu Bian strengthening formulas with Ren Shen and Shu Di Huang - combination logic used when sexual weakness is part of broader qi-blood and jing depletion.

Classical References

• Traditional Chinese medicine trade literature places Lu Bian among specialty Kidney-Yang tonics used for impotence, infertility, and lower-burner cold weakness.
• Modern historical discussions of animal materia medica note that Lu Bian is a long-used but comparatively niche deer-derived tonic whose reputation centers on reproductive and constitutional deficiency.