Deer Placenta — Classic Formulas
Lu Tai · Placenta Cervi
Primary Actions
- Warms and supplements Kidney Yang and essence - Lu Tai is regarded as a blood-and-flesh tonic used for exhaustion, weak low back and knees, cold infertility patterns, and reproductive debility rooted in deep deficiency rather than excess.
- Supports fertility and uterine warmth in deficiency-cold patterns - later gynecologic use emphasizes Lu Tai for irregular menses, cold womb infertility, and long-standing weakness with poor reproductive vigor.
- Assists fatigue and wasting from chronic deficiency - traditional use extends to severe tiredness, emaciation, and lack of strength when constitutional depletion is the larger picture.
Classic Formulas
- Lu Tai Wan - later gynecologic patent-formula tradition using Lu Tai for menstrual weakness, cold uterus, and infertility from deficiency-cold.
- Kidney-and-blood tonic combinations with Ren Shen, Shu Di Huang, Dang Gui, and Lu Rong - common pairing logic when the goal is to warm essence, enrich blood, and restore reproductive strength.
Classical Text References
- Modern TCM herb summaries consistently place Lu Tai in the Kidney-Yang tonic category and describe it as a warming, essence-supplementing animal substance used mainly for infertility, weakness, and cold-type gynecologic disorders.
- Trade and formula literature in Chinese medicine often treats Lu Tai as a stronger specialty tonic for constitutional and reproductive depletion rather than as a routine daily tonic.