What is Musk?

In Chinese medicine pharmacies, we often see a small box containing Chinese medicine with the word "musk" written on it. Although it is common, most of our friends do not know much about musk. They only know that it can be used as medicine and that it may have a certain fragrance from the name. Below we will explain to you what musk is from a professional perspective.

Although musk is good, it is not suitable for pregnant women to use it because the main raw material of musk is musk ketone, which can speed up people's breathing and cause abnormal excitement of our central nervous system. It can stimulate the uterus of pregnant women, promote the excitement of various glands, and lead to miscarriage.

Musk (also known as Cunxiang, Yuancun, Xiangqizi, Dangmenzi; Latin name: Moschus) is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine for invigorating the mind. The medicine comes from "Shennong Bencao Jing" and has the effect of invigorating the mind and refreshing the mind. The medicinal source of musk is the dried secretion from the gland between the navel and genitals of mature male musk deer (Moschus berezovskii Flerov), horse musk deer (Moschus sifanicus Przewalski) or wild musk deer (Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus). Musk is pungent and warm in nature. Enters the heart and spleen meridians.

Musk has different origins due to its different sources. The forest musk deer are generally distributed in Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi in China, in coniferous forest areas with an altitude of 3,000m; the black musk deer are distributed in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, while the wild musk deer are mainly distributed in the Greater Khingan Range, Lesser Khingan Range and Changbai Mountain areas in the northeast.

Musk is usually collected manually by hunting musk deer in winter and spring. The musk sac is then cut off and dried in the shade. This is the "hairy musk shell". The secretions in the sac are called "sac kernel".

In short, musk is a secretion from an animal's body. After being collected and dried artificially, we get the musk we see in our lives. Musk has many functions. It can not only treat related diseases, but also be made into spices after artificial processing. If you want to know more, you can do more related inquiries.