The efficacy and function of Tibetan antelope horn

Tibetan antelope horn is one of the common traditional Chinese medicines in our country. The medicinal history of Tibetan antelope horn is very long. There are records of Tibetan antelope horn in many ancient medical books. Tibetan antelope horn has good edible value and medicinal value. Let’s take a look.

【English name】 Antelope angle

[Other names] Antelope, Tibetan antelope, one-horned beast

[Source] Medicinal material source: the horn of the Tibetan antelope, a member of the Bovidae family.

[Original form] Tibetan antelope is of medium size, about 1.2m in length and about 80cm in height at the shoulder. The tail is short and pointed. The nose tip is hairy, the nostrils are large, and there are dilated sacs inside. The male has a swollen snout and horns. The horns are long and flattened, about 60 cm long, straight in shape, and have obvious and equidistant horizontal ridges except at the tip of the horn. The body fur is thick and dense, standing upright; the back is light reddish brown and the belly is white; the male's face is dark brown or black and the top of the head is white, while the female's face has no black. The inside of the ear is almost white, while the back of the ear is pure white; the limbs are light grayish white, and the male has dark brown or black vertical stripes in the front. Tail the same color as back of body.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: They live in plateau areas at an altitude of 4000-6000m, and often move in small groups. It is timid in nature, hiding in caves during the day and coming out at dawn and dusk, feeding on various kinds of grass. It runs extremely fast, even faster than dogs and wolves can catch up.

[Pharmacological action] 1. Antipyretic effect. Intraperitoneal injection of 40 mg/kg of Tibetan antelope horn injection has a similar antipyretic effect as antelope horn on rabbits with fever after intravenous injection of triple bacterial vaccine. The extract, injected intraperitoneally at 2.5 g/kg, also had a significant antipyretic effect on rats with fever induced by intravenous injection of brewer's yeast solution.

【Nature and flavor】 Salty; Cool

[Entry into Meridians] Enters the stomach and liver meridians

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, detoxifies and reduces swelling. Mainly used for goiter; stomachache; chronic diarrhea

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: grind into powder, 5-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Chinese Medicinal Animals": It has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying and reducing swelling. It is mainly used to treat gastritis, goiter and other diseases.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Above we introduced the Tibetan antelope horn and its characteristics. We can know that the Tibetan antelope horn has very good efficacy and function, and has played a therapeutic and auxiliary therapeutic role in many diseases. I hope this will be helpful to everyone’s health.