How to deal with deer antler hair

Deer antler is a common Chinese medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine. In fact, deer antler is the horn of a deer. Generally, deer antlers have a layer of hair on the surface, so the hair must be removed before use. The hair on the antler can be removed by using an alcohol lamp or a bamboo knife. This method is relatively simple and effective. If you find it troublesome, you can ask others to do the processing.

Treatment method:

① Take the velvet antler and use an alcohol lamp and a bamboo knife to remove the hair on the surface. Put a No. 7 needle on the syringe and draw in rice wine. Inject along the small hole at the base of the velvet antler. Wrap it with plastic film and place it upside down in a jar with a tight cover. Let it sit for 2 days. Take it out and add wine once more. Wrap it tightly. Put it flat in the jar. Turn it over every day to make sure that all parts of the velvet antler are evenly exposed to the wine. Put the velvet antler directly on the drying cage, cover it with cloth, and turn it over constantly to make sure that the velvet antler is evenly heated and softened.

② When cutting, use Astragalus membranaceus which is slightly longer than deer antler to cut together. Advantages: Step ① ensures that the effective ingredients of velvet antlers are not lost and improves work efficiency;

Step 2: Keep the antler slices from falling off and causing fewer pieces

In Northeast China, people like to soak a combination of Chinese herbal medicines such as 10g of velvet antler, 10g of ginseng, 15g of wolfberry, and 10g of schisandra chinensis in 500ml of liquor with a concentration of more than 50% (v/v) and take it.

Or grind it into powder for consumption;

Or it can be ground into powder and mixed with other Chinese herbal medicines to form capsules for consumption;

Or cut it into slices and chew it before eating (if young people without yang deficiency take this product, it may cause side effects such as systemic heat, nose bleeding, dry mouth and chapped lips. Young people should use it with caution according to their own conditions)

How to eat deer antler

1. Ginseng, antler and chicken soup

Recipe: 120 grams of chicken, 12 grams of red ginseng (or Korean ginseng), and 32 grams of deer antler.

Preparation: Wash, peel and dice chicken breast or chicken thigh; slice ginseng. Put all the ingredients into a stewing pot, add appropriate amount of boiling water, cover it, and simmer over low heat for 3 hours. The soup is ready for drinking.

Applicable to: After a serious illness or blood loss, the vital energy is damaged, or excessive sexual intercourse, which depletes the kidney essence, causes chills and cold limbs, and infertility. This soup can greatly replenish the vital energy and warm and strengthen the kidney yang. This soup can be used together with ginseng and antlers to replenish qi and strengthen yang. Ginseng can greatly replenish the vital energy. Deer antler can replenish kidney yang, benefit essence and blood, produce essence and replenish marrow, nourish blood and benefit yang, strengthen tendons and bones, and treat all kinds of deficiency and deafness.

2. Deer antler, Chinese yam, bamboo shoot chicken soup

Recipe: 4 grams of deer antler, 40 grams of Chinese yam, and 120 grams of bamboo chicken.

Preparation: Wash the velvet antler and Chinese yam; peel the bamboo chicken, wash and cut into pieces, put into boiling water and cook for 5 minutes, take out and rinse with cold water. Put the ingredients in a stewing pot, add appropriate amount of boiling water, simmer over low heat for 2 to 3 hours, and serve the soup while it is hot.

Applicable: This soup has the function of warming and strengthening kidney yang, astringing and stopping leucorrhea. Deer antler is an essential medicine for replenishing kidney yang, nourishing kidney yang and benefiting essence and blood. It is often used to treat kidney yang deficiency, essence and blood deficiency, low back pain and cold limbs, excessive vaginal discharge, uterine coldness and infertility, and clear and long urination.

3. Deer antler chicken soup

Recipe: 1 coin of deer antler, 1 piece of chicken, some oil and salt.

Preparation: Wash the tender chicken wings and cook them with four cups of water over low heat. After the water boils, remove the foam and fry until half of the amount is left, then serve the clear soup. Boil the velvet antler in a cup of water until the amount is reduced by half, then pour it into chicken soup and cook for a while, season and drink.

Applicable: It is suitable for the elderly who have lost all Yang Qi, have cold hands and feet, weak Qi and blood, dizziness and weak legs.