What is Deer Antler?

Everyone is familiar with the sika deer, and we all know that it is one of the country's legally protected animals and is extremely precious. But do you know what deer antler is? If you have never known about deer antler, you will definitely not know what it is. So, what is velvet antler? What are the effects and functions of velvet antler? Simply put, velvet antler is sheep horn. It is as precious and rare as sika deer and is a medicinal material.

After a brief understanding of what deer antler is, it may be helpful to learn more about its functions and effects, as well as its medicinal effects in traditional Chinese medicine. According to traditional Chinese medicine, the medicinal effects of deer antler are mainly manifested in: protecting nerves and blood vessels, increasing sexual function, resisting fatigue, and anti-aging.

When the young antlers of male deer have not yet grown into hard bones, they are covered with hair and contain blood, and are called velvet antlers. It is a precious Chinese medicine used as a tonic and strengthening agent, and is effective for weakness, neurasthenia, etc. Due to the different original animals, it is divided into two types: spotted deer antler (yellow hairy antler) and red deer antler (green hairy antler); due to different harvesting methods, it is divided into chopped antler and sawed antler; due to the different number of branches and forks and their age, it can be divided into saddle, two-bar, hanging horn, three-fork, flower chopped antler, lotus and many types.

Characteristics

[Nature and flavor] Sweet, salty, warm.

[Entry into Meridians] Enters the kidney and liver meridians.

[Function] Strengthen kidney yang, replenish essence and marrow, strengthen tendons and bones, regulate Chong and Ren meridians, and support sores and toxins.

[Indications] Kidney deficiency, dizziness, deafness, blurred vision, impotence, spermatorrhea, infertility due to uterine coldness, emaciation, fatigue, fear of cold, cold pain in the waist and spine, weakness of tendons and bones, metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, genital sores that do not heal, and long-term illness.

[Dosage] 1g～5g.

[Contraindications] It is advisable to start taking this product in a small amount and increase the dosage slowly. It is not advisable to take a large amount suddenly to avoid the rise of Yang and wind, or injury to Yin and bleeding. It is not recommended for patients with Yin deficiency and Yang excess.

Deer antler Deer antler has a very high health-promoting effect and is a good whole body tonic. Deer antler contains more amino acids, lecithin, vitamins and trace elements than ginseng. Deer antler is warm but not dry, has the effect of invigorating and improving body functions, and has a good health-care effect on patients with general weakness or long-term illness. Deer antler can enhance the body's cellular immunity and humoral immunity, promote the transformation of lymphocytes, and act as an immune enhancer. It can increase the body's defense against the outside world, regulate the body's immune balance to avoid the occurrence of diseases, and promote wound healing and recovery of the sick body, thereby strengthening the body and resisting aging.

effect

Strengthens the primordial Yang, replenishes Qi and blood, benefits the essence, and strengthens the tendons and bones. It is used to treat asthenia, emaciation, mental fatigue, dizziness, deafness, blurred vision, pain in the waist and knees, impotence, spermatorrhea, cold uterus, metrorrhagia, and leucorrhea.

① "Ben Jing": It is used to treat leakage of bad blood, chills and fever, convulsions and epilepsy, and to invigorate Qi and strengthen the will.

② "Bie Lu": It is used to treat asthenia and restlessness like malaria, emaciation, sore limbs, pain in the waist and spine, frequent urination, spermatorrhea, hematuria, blood in the abdomen, stone stranguria, carbuncle, heat in the bones, and itching of carbuncle ("Bencao Jingshu" says: "itch" should be "ulcer").

③ "Materia Medica": It is mainly used to nourish men with weak waist and kidney, weak feet and knees, nocturnal emission, and spontaneous ejaculation, and women with uterine bleeding. Take a square inch of roasted powder on an empty stomach with warm wine. It is also used to treat leucorrhea and can be used in powder form.

④ "Bencao Gangmu" (Bencao Gangmu): It replenishes the weak, strengthens the tendons and bones, removes blood stasis, calms the fetus and relieves gas, and can be used after being roasted in butter.

⑤ "Compendium of Materia Medica": Produces essence and replenishes marrow, nourishes blood and benefits yang, and strengthens tendons and bones. Treat all kinds of weakness, deafness, blurred vision, dizziness, and dysentery.

Chinese medicine prescription

For treating depletion of essence and blood, dark complexion, deafness and blurred vision, dry mouth and thirst, back pain and weak legs, turbid urine, dryness on the upper body and coldness on the lower body, and inability to tolerate strong supplements: deer antler (soaked in wine) and angelica (soaked in wine) in equal parts. Grind into fine powder, boil the black plum paste and make into pills as big as sycamore seeds. Take 50 pills each time, on an empty stomach with rice drink. (Black Pill from Jisheng Fang) Treats impotence due to weakness, unclear complexion, frequent urination, and loss of appetite: 25g of good deer antler, 50g of extra antler (peeled and sliced), 50g of dried yam (ground into powder). Wrap it with thin raw silk, soak it in wine for seven days, and then drink three cups of wine a day. When the wine is gone, roast the velvet antlers dry and keep them for use as a tonic.

What is deer antler? It is a rare and precious medicinal material in our lives, and most people do not have the opportunity to eat it. The deer antlers sold in the market are not only expensive, but may also be fake, so here we would like to remind people who have the conditions to buy them to learn how to distinguish them. At the same time, it is best to take medicine under the guidance of a doctor before consuming deer antlers.