Medicine Traditions
  • Home
  • Materia Medica
    • Materia Medica of Herbal Medicine FREE
    • Materia Medica of Herbal Medicine PRO
    • Animal Materia Medica PRO
    • Animal Materia Medica FREE
    • Mineral Materia Medica PRO
    • Mineral Materia Medica FREE
  • About
  • Formulas
  • Treatment
    • Types of Treatment in Traditional Medicine
    • Treatment of Specific Conditions
    • Diseases and Formulas
  • Resources
    • Brief Overview of Traditional Medicine
    • Theory
    • Timeline
    • Authors and Sources
    • Glossaries
    • Articles on Traditional Medicine
    • Photos
    • Medicine Pictures
    • Substitute Medicines
  • Patient Resources
  • Links & Texts
  • Contact Us
  • Blog
Sentry Page Protection
Please Wait...

Deer / Bull Pizzle / Testes

Picture
Dried Deer Pizzle
(Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2017)
​
Picture
Dried Deer Pizzle ornately packaged
(Adam, 2017)

Zoological name:
Deer: Cervus spp.
Bull: Taurus
Other sources used include Pig, Fox, Horse, and in TCM, Dog (traditionally) and Seal

Parts used:
Dried Penis and/or Testicles
Often the entire Pizzle and Testes are dried and used, this being common in TCM.
In some cases, just the dried and powdered Testicles were used.

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Sweet, Pungent

Classifications:
3I. APHRODISIACS.    3J. INCREASE SEMEN
TCM:
N. Yang Tonic

Uses:
1. Warms the Kidneys, Tonifies the Yang:

-Aphrodisiac; for Impotence
-Infertility associated with Cold and Weak Kidneys
-in the West, it was also regarded as nourishing Semen
-Prostatitis (Cell Therapists)
-to promote Urine and for Incontinence, both related to Kidney weakness
-Spermatorrhea, Incontinence, chronic Lower Back Pain etc. (associated with Kidney weakness)

2. Strengthens the Retentive Faculty:
-Incontinence, Spermatorrhea
-Postpartum Bleeding or Incontinence from deficiency
-Excess Menstruation
-powdered Bull Penis was used for Dysentery (Salmon) (as in Powder of Plantain Compound)


Dose:
In Decoction: 3–9 grams, in Powder: 1–3 grams
A common Aphrodisiac tonic in Asia today is to boil a whole dried Pizzle in wine and take as a dose.

Comment:
Pizzle of various animals have been long used in East and West. In China, the Deer is preferred, while in the West, the Bull was the source of choice. Numerous other animal sources were used similarly.

Preparation:
1. In TCM it is often steamed with alcohol, then dried.
2. In the West, flesh and organs was regularly sprinkled with or dipped in brandy (alcohol) and hung to dry. This was repeated which causes the flesh to dry much quicker and lessens the odor. It also makes it more warming and better to enter the Blood, and preserves it better. A suitable tincture, such as Myrrh tincture, can be used instead of alcohol.
3. They can also be salted to dry.

Main Combinations:
1. Aphrodisiac, to Warm and Strengthen the Kidneys:
i. Bull Pizzle with Chickpea, Sea Holly root
ii. Bull Pizzle with Ginger, Almond, Pistachio, Cinnamon
iii. Deer Pizzle with Rehmannia Shu Di Huang, Cornus Shan Zhu Yu, Cuscuta Tu Si Zi, Epimedium Yin Yang Huo (TCM)
2. Spermatorrhea:
i. Bull Pizzle with Hazel nut, Almond, Hemp seed, Melon seed, Purslane seed (Pharmacopoeia Bateana)
3. Weakness of the Back, Leukorrhea, Spermatorrhea, and for Consumption, Bull Pizzle with Sheep feet, Calf feet, Orchis, rasping of Deer horn, Ladies Mantle (prepared as a gelatin, taking powder of Deer Pizzle with it. (as in The Strengthening Jelly)
4. To strengthen Retention in chronic leakage such as Diarrhea, Dysentery, excess Menstruation, Incontinence, and Postpartum Bleeding or Incontinence, Bull Pizzle with Licorice, Red Earth, Plantain root and seed, Bistort, Tormentil, Burnt Deer horn, Pomegranate peel, Hematite, Orange peel, Nutmeg, Chicken Gizzard skin (as in Powder of Plantain Compound)

Major Formulas:
Powder to Stimulate Venery (Wecker)
Confection to Increase Seed of Augusta
Electuary of Sparrows Brains (Wirtzung)
Powder of Plantain Compound

Cautions:
Excess use can disturb hormonal balance, especially in younger men.

Main Preparations used:

Home
ABOUT
Brief Overview
RESOURCES
Timeline

materia medica – FREE
Materia Medica – PRO
Chinese Classification
Western Classification

Humoral Medicine

Diseases & Formulas
Resources
Theory
Links & Texts
Patient Resources

Shop
Texts for Sale
Contact us

TERMS OF USE
PRIVACY POLICY


© MedicineTradition 2015–2023
  • Home
  • Materia Medica
    • Materia Medica of Herbal Medicine FREE
    • Materia Medica of Herbal Medicine PRO
    • Animal Materia Medica PRO
    • Animal Materia Medica FREE
    • Mineral Materia Medica PRO
    • Mineral Materia Medica FREE
  • About
  • Formulas
  • Treatment
    • Types of Treatment in Traditional Medicine
    • Treatment of Specific Conditions
    • Diseases and Formulas
  • Resources
    • Brief Overview of Traditional Medicine
    • Theory
    • Timeline
    • Authors and Sources
    • Glossaries
    • Articles on Traditional Medicine
    • Photos
    • Medicine Pictures
    • Substitute Medicines
  • Patient Resources
  • Links & Texts
  • Contact Us
  • Blog