Antler velvet is warming by nature, and people often steep it in liquor or stew it in soup.
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茸 is the soft, furry 'velvet' on a young antler before it hardens; hardened antler is 鹿角. Most comes from farmed 梅花鹿 'sika deer' and 马鹿 'red deer', especially in Jilin.
