ABSTRACT
This herb is the tender, nonossific, velvet antler of the young adult male deer, scientifically known as Cervus nippon Temminck or Cervus elaphus Linnaeus of the family Cervidae. The former is the spotted deer and the latter is the horse deer. Both are found in the northern and northeastern provinces as well as in the Xinjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, and Gansu provinces, and Inner Mongolia of China. Spotted and horse deer populations are found in other parts of the world, including North America, Europe, Siberia, India, and New Zealand (Jiang Su New Medical College, 1977). https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203050040/86743b54-459f-4502-a9f1-33f21b13726a/content/figpg192_001_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
