Velvet antler, as a traditional precious Chinese medicinal material, is known as the "Three Treasures of Northeast China" together with ginseng and mink. It has a long-standing reputation in the field of traditional Chinese medicine and has extremely high medicinal value and health benefits.
Velvet antler is the unossified and hairy young antler of male deer such as sika deer or red deer of the Cervidae family.
Sika deer are mainly distributed in Northeast my country. Their velvet antlers are usually small, but delicate in texture and have excellent medicinal effects; red deer are distributed in Northeast and Northwest my country, and their velvet antlers are relatively large. The antlers of male deer begin to grow in spring every year. At the beginning, they are soft in texture and covered with hair on the surface. This is the precious velvet antler. Over time, the antlers will gradually ossify and harden, losing the medicinal value of velvet antler.
Velvet antler is rich in a variety of active ingredients, including amino acids, proteins, peptides, vitamins, minerals and a variety of bioactive factors. Its main effects are as follows:
Replenishing the kidney and strengthening yang: Deer antler can warm and nourish the kidney yang, and has a significant improvement effect on the symptoms of weak waist and knees, fear of cold, impotence and premature ejaculation, frequent urination and enuresis caused by insufficient kidney yang. It can promote the function of the reproductive system, increase the level of sex hormones, and enhance sexual desire and reproductive ability.
Strengthening tendons and bones: It helps to enhance bone strength and toughness, promote bone growth and development, and has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on osteoporosis in middle-aged and elderly people and recovery after fractures. It can effectively relieve problems such as weakness of tendons and bones, joint pain, and make people move more agile and powerful.
Nourishing essence and blood: It can replenish essence and blood, and improve dizziness, tinnitus, sallow complexion, insomnia, forgetfulness, fatigue, etc. caused by deficiency of essence and blood. For people with long-term illness and postpartum blood deficiency, deer antler can promote the recovery and conditioning of the body, and improve the body's immunity and anti-fatigue ability.
Regulate Chong and Ren: In traditional Chinese medicine theory, deer antler has a regulating effect on the Chong and Ren meridians of women, and can treat gynecological diseases such as irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea caused by Chong and Ren deficiency and cold, and help maintain the normal physiological function of the female reproductive system.
Method of use: Deer antler can be made into deer antler slices and chewed directly, or it can be used to soak in wine, stew soup, grind into powder and take with water, etc. For example, soak deer antler slices with wolfberry, ginseng, etc. in white wine, seal it for a period of time and drink it, which has the effect of nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang, strengthening the body; stewing soup with black chicken, red dates, etc. can play the role of nourishing blood, nourishing beauty, and replenishing essence and filling marrow.
Contraindications: Deer antler is warm in nature, and people with yang excess heat and yin deficiency and fire should not take it, so as not to aggravate the heat evil in the body, leading to symptoms of fire such as nose bleeding, swollen and painful gums, irritability and insomnia. In addition, people with severe chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, liver disease, and kidney disease should take it under the guidance of a doctor. During the period of taking deer antler, you should avoid eating spicy, greasy, raw and cold food. At the same time, it is not suitable to use it with Chinese medicines such as Veratrum and Pentaphyllum.
There are some fake and inferior deer antler products on the market. High-quality deer antler has a reddish brown or brown skin, which is mostly smooth, with dense red-yellow or brown-yellow fine hairs on the surface. It is light, hard and brittle, with a slightly fishy smell and a slightly salty taste. Counterfeit products may be processed with animal gelatin, etc., and their color, texture, smell, etc. are significantly different from the real ones. When buying deer antler, it is recommended to choose a regular pharmacy or a reputable merchant, and carefully distinguish its authenticity and quality.
Although deer antler is a good tonic, it needs to be used with caution, follow the doctor's advice, and use it reasonably to give full play to its medicinal value and achieve the purpose of health care.
