Uses for Velvet

Velvet has two predominant schools of use.

1.         Traditional Oriental Medicine

Velvet has been used in traditional Oriental Medicine for over two thousand years. It is prized for its health-giving properties.

Consistent with holistic Oriental Medicine philosophies of promoting ‘wellness’ rather than curing ‘illness’, velvet’s primary use is as a tonic to maintain general good health.

Highly trained Oriental Medicine Doctors prescribe velvet in combination with a number of herbs, according to the treatment required. An extract is made from the prescription and the resulting broth is drunk.

2.         Contemporary Uses

Less traditional people also enjoy taking velvet for a variety of benefits. These benefits have arisen either from traditional uses of velvet or velvet’s unique attributes which are that:

• Velvet is a complex tissue that grows very quickly – at up to 2cm per day
• Velvet is the only mammalian organ to completely re-generate annually.

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