What does deer antler counteract?

Deer antler is the young antler of sika deer that has not been ossified and is covered with fluff. Deer antler is also a common medicinal material and appears in many Chinese medicine prescriptions. Deer antler also has many benefits to the human body, such as strengthening the yang, replenishing qi and blood, and benefiting the essence and so on. After taking deer antler, some foods cannot be eaten at the same time, such as vegetables, fruits, spicy foods. If eaten together, it may cause other reactions in the body or neutralize the effects of deer antler.

What does deer antler counteract?

1. Green food. It is important to note that deer antler should not be eaten together with green things such as vegetables, fruits and onions.

2. Be careful about eating raw, cold, greasy, spicy food, tobacco, alcohol, etc., as these things will affect the efficacy of deer antler.

3. Medicines with cold properties, such as raw rehmannia and gypsum, should not be taken together with deer antlers. You should pay attention to this in your daily life.

4. While taking deer antler, avoid eating pig blood, raw radish and other raw and cold foods, as these will affect the effectiveness of the deer antler.

5. Drinks such as tea and coffee will affect the absorption of tonic products, especially the highly nutritious food such as deer antler.

Who should not eat deer antler?

1. People with internal heat should not take it.

Generally speaking, symptoms such as high fever, thirst, red and swollen painful eyes, yellow phlegm, vomiting blood, nosebleed, hematuria, heat toxicity, furuncles, carbuncles, bitter taste in the mouth, constipation, yellow and red urine, and a stringy, rapid and strong pulse are all caused by internal fire. Taking deer antler as a tonic is like adding fuel to the fire, which is counterproductive.

2. People with hypertension or liver disease should take this medicine with caution.

Anyone who suffers from hypertension, hepatitis, liver dysfunction and other diseases, which are caused by yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire or internal fire, must follow the doctor's advice and take the medicine with caution and cannot choose on their own.

3. Contraindications of taking deer antler and various deer antler preparations.

It is best not to drink tea or eat radish when taking deer antler, and try not to take Chinese medicine containing radish seeds, barley sprouts, malt and hawthorn, as they will weaken the medicinal power of deer antler to varying degrees.

4. It is not suitable for people with external diseases.

No matter it is exogenous wind-cold or exogenous wind-heat, as long as the evil is on the skin surface, there will be symptoms such as aversion to cold, aversion to wind, fever, headache, limb pain, etc. At this time, do not take deer antler.

5. People with kidney deficiency and fire should not take it.

Deficiency-heat syndrome: Clinically, there are dry cough with little sputum, hemoptysis, irritability, red lips and tongue, peeling or cracked tongue surface, thirst with little fluid, dry and blurred eyes, hot flashes in the afternoon, red cheekbones, night sweats, hot hands and feet, and a weak pulse, all of which are caused by insufficient kidney yin and excessive deficiency fire. If deer antler and other warm tonic medicines are used incorrectly, it is obviously not the right medicine for the condition, and will inevitably cause fire to attack yin, damage body fluids and consume fluids.

6. Contraindications for taking deer antler and various deer antler preparations.

It is best not to drink tea or eat radish when taking deer antler, and try not to take Chinese medicine containing radish seeds, barley sprouts, malt and hawthorn, as they will weaken the medicinal power of deer antler to varying degrees.