Antler

　　Antlers are the velvety young horns on the head of stags such as the vertebrate Cervidae sika deer Cervus nippon Temminck or red deer Crvus elaphus L. that have not yet ossified. Mainly produced in Jilin, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Qinghai and other places. There are also artificial breeding in other areas. In summer and autumn, when the new horns grown by male deer have not yet ossified, the horns are sawed off or cut off with a knife, burned to remove the hair when used, sliced ​​and dried in the shade or oven for use as medicine.

　　[Medical properties] Sweet, salty, warm. Returns to the kidney and liver meridians.

　　[Efficacy] Tonify kidney yang, replenish essence and blood, strengthen muscles and bones, regulate Chong and Ren, and relieve sores.

　　【application】

　　1. Kidney yang deficiency and insufficient essence and blood. This product is sweet and warm to nourish yang, sweet and salty to nourish the kidneys, has pure yang properties, and has the energy to promote hair growth, so it can strengthen kidney yang and benefit essence and blood. If the kidney yang is deficient, the essence and blood are insufficient, and you experience chills, cold limbs, impotence and premature ejaculation, cold uterus and infertility, frequent urination, sore waist and knees, dizziness, tinnitus, mental fatigue, etc., this product can be used alone or mixed into a compound. For example, take deer antler wine soaked in wine with yam to treat impotence and frequent urination; or make pills with angelica root and black plum paste to treat semen and blood depletion, dark complexion, deafness and blurred vision ("Jisheng Prescription"); it is also often combined with ginseng, Astragalus and Angelica can be used together to treat various types of deficiency and damage, five types of fatigue and seven injuries, insufficient vitality, fear of cold limbs, impotence and premature ejaculation, cold uterus, infertility, frequent urination, etc., such as Shenrong Guben Pills ("Chinese Medical Dictionary").

　　2. Kidney deficiency, weak bones, weak waist and knees, or five-term infant syndrome. This product is often used to nourish kidney yang, replenish essence and blood, and strengthen muscles and bones. It is often used with Acanthopanax bark, Rehmannia glutinosa, and Cornus officinale, such as Modified Rehmannia Wan ("Yi Zong Jin Jian"); it can also be used with Drynariae rhizome, Sichuan Duan, and natural copper to treat late-stage fractures and poor healing.

　　3. Women with Chong Ren deficiency and cold, metrorrhagia and vaginal discharge. This product nourishes kidney yang, replenishes essence and blood, strengthens Chong and Ren, and stops vaginal discharge. It can be used with cuttlefish bone, keel bone, and Sichuan cut bone to treat persistent metrorrhagia, depletion and weight loss, such as deer antler powder ("Principles of Syndrome and Treatment"). If combined with Gouji and Bai Qian, excessive leucorrhea can be treated, such as Bailian Wan ("Jisheng Prescription").

　　4. If the sores persist for a long time, the sores will become swollen and cannot be retracted. This product nourishes Yang Qi, replenishes essence and blood, and achieves the purpose of warming and nourishing the body. To treat sores that have been ulcerated for a long time and cannot be retracted, it is often combined with Angelica sinensis, cinnamon, etc., such as Yanghe Decoction ("Surgery Complete Collection").

　　[Usage and Dosage] Grind into powder and swallow, 1 to 2g, or form into pills or powder.

　　[Usage Precautions] It is advisable to start taking this product with a small amount and slowly increase it. Do not use a large amount suddenly to avoid yang rising wind, dizziness, red eyes, or yin damage and bleeding. Anyone with fever should avoid taking it.

　　[Abstract from ancient books]

　　1. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica": "It is mainly responsible for leakage of bad blood, cold and heat, epilepsy, replenishing qi and strengthening the will, and longevity. ”

　　2. "Bielu": "It can treat consumptive fatigue, such as malaria, weight loss, sore limbs, waist and spine pain, urination, discharge of semen and blood." ”

　　3. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Produces essence and replenishes marrow, nourishes blood and replenishes yang, strengthens muscles and bones. Cure all deficiency, deafness, blindness, dizziness, deficiency and dysentery. ”

　　Herbal Deer Antlers Deer Antler Glue Deer Antler Cream

　　1. Antlers are the grown and ossified horns of sika deer and various stags. It tastes salty and is warm in nature. Returns to the liver and kidney meridians. Functions: Tonify the kidneys and yang, strengthen muscles and bones. It can be used as a substitute for deer antler, but its effectiveness is weak. It also activates blood circulation, dissipates blood stasis and reduces swelling. Clinically, it is mostly used for sores, swelling, mastitis, postpartum blood stasis, abdominal pain, low back pain, and lingering afterbirth. Can be taken internally or externally. Dosage: 5-15g, decoction in water or grind into powder. Apply externally with ground juice or file. Those with yin deficiency and excessive fire should not take it.

　　2. Deer antler glue is a gelatinous substance obtained by boiling and concentrating deer antlers. It tastes sweet and salty, and is warm in nature. Returns to the liver and kidney meridians. Function: nourishing liver and kidney, replenishing essence and blood. Although the effect is not as powerful as deer antlers, it is better than antlers and has a good hemostatic effect. It is suitable for those with deficiency of kidney yang, deficiency of essence and blood, weight loss due to fatigue, vomiting of blood in the stool, metrorrhagia and uterine bleeding, as well as vaginal gangrene and invagination, etc. Dosage: 5~15g. Dilute it with boiled water or rice wine, or take it into pills or powdered ointment. Those with yin deficiency and excessive fire should not take it.

　　3. Deer antler cream is the residue left by boiling deer antler paste. Salty in taste and warm in nature, it returns to the liver and kidney meridians. Functions: Tonify the kidneys and support yang, similar to deer antlers but weak in strength, but with astringent properties, and can astringent essence, stop bleeding, and reduce ulcers. It is used internally to treat metrorrhagia and spermatorrhea, and externally used to treat traumatic bleeding and long-lasting sores. Dosage: 10~25g. Appropriate amount for external use. Those with yin deficiency and excessive fire should not take it.

　　【Modern Research】

　　1. Chemical components: Estradiol, bile, etc. are isolated from the fat-soluble components of velvet antler. Among them, estradiol and its metabolite in the body - estrone are the main components of the estrogen-like effect of velvet antler. Among the amino acids in velvet antler, glycine is the most abundant, and it also contains neutral sugar and glucosamine. The ash of velvet antler contains calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, etc., and the water extract contains a large amount of colloid.

　　2. Pharmacological effects: A large dose of velvet antler essence can reduce the amplitude of cardiac contraction, slow down the heart rate, dilate peripheral blood vessels and lower blood pressure. Moderate doses of velvet antler essence cause the activity of the isolated heart to be significantly enhanced, the amplitude of cardiac contraction to increase, and the heart rate to accelerate. As a result, the cardiac pulse output and percent output increase. Deer antler has obvious anti-lipid peroxidation and anti-stress effects.

　　3. Clinical research: Acupoint injection of velvet antler essence is effective in treating impotence (Chinese Medical Forum 1995, 10(5): 28); intramuscular injection of velvet antler essence injection can treat kidney deficiency and diarrhea (Jilin Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1985, (2): 22); Oral administration of sea dragon, velvet antler, etc. can significantly promote the aerobic and anaerobic functions of the human body. It can accelerate the recovery from fatigue after high-intensity exercise and has a strong anti-fatigue effect (China Marine Medicine, 1995, 14(2): 41).