The efficacy and function of horns of the antelope

Since Chinese medicine has fewer side effects, more and more people now want to use Chinese medicine to regulate their bodies. Here I would like to introduce to you a medicinal herb, the horn of the serow, hoping it will be helpful to you.

【English name】 angle of mane antelope

【Other names】 Serow, Sumatran serow, mountain donkey, bright-haired sheep

[Source] Medicinal material source: the horn of the serow of the bovine family.

[Original form] Serow, medium-sized, 1.4-1.7m in length, 9-11cm in tail length, 1.1m in shoulder height, and can weigh up to 120kg. The ears are wide and there is a mane on the back of the neck. The tip of the snout is exposed, and both males and females have horns. The male horns are larger, up to 20 cm long, thick at the base and pointed at the tip, and all have ring edges except the tip. The whole body is black with a slight brown tint, the upper and lower lips are white, and the back of the ears are black-brown. The abdomen and groin are dark brown, and the tip of the tail is black. The hair angles vary greatly among individuals.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: It lives on stone cliffs at an altitude of about 3000m. It is good at jumping, lives alone, and has a strong character.

[Properties] The horns of the serow are about 20 cm long, short and pointed, with thick base and tight ridges, sparse ridges in the middle, and smooth, no-edge, and slightly curved tip.

【Nature and flavor】 Salty; Cool

【Meridian】 Liver; Heart meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; calms the liver and extinguishes wind. It is mainly used for febrile diseases, high fever, coma and convulsions; infantile convulsions; epilepsy; palpitations

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 30-50g; or burned and ground into powder, 3-6g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Chinese Medicinal Animals": It has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, calming the liver and relieving wind. It is mainly used to treat epilepsy, stroke, infantile convulsions, febrile diseases, etc.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

From the above introduction to serow horn, we can see that serow horn is of great help to the human body. It can improve some bad symptoms of the human body and is a very useful medicinal material for the human body.