The more deer antlers you eat, the better. How many grams is best to eat at one time?

Deer antler is a very valuable Chinese herbal medicine. It can protect the human cardiovascular system, strengthen muscles and bones, and has a good health care effect on people with weak constitutions and kidney deficiency. Since deer antler has so many benefits, is it better to take more? How many grams of deer antler should be taken at a time?

How to Eat Deer Antler for Family Health

1. Chew and dissolve: Hold 1-2 tablets under the tongue each time, use saliva to moisten it, and then swallow the saliva until the taste of the medicine becomes light, then chew it and swallow it.

2. Swallowing powder: Dry the antlers and grind them into fine powder (or buy ready-made antler powder), put the antler powder directly in your mouth, and take it with warm water or other liquid medicine. The dosage is generally 0.3-0.5 grams per day. You can also divide the antler powder into hollow capsules prepared in advance, put them in a sealed container, and place them in a cool and ventilated place. Take 1-2 capsules each time, with boiled water.

3. Decoction and paste: Put the velvet antler (usually not used alone, the dosage should be in accordance with the doctor's instructions when used in combination) and other health-promoting tonic drugs in two pots, soak them in cold water for 1~2 hours, then add water about 10 cm above the surface of the medicine, simmer for about 1 hour, filter the decoction, this is the first decoction. In this way, collect the second and third decoctions (the decoction time can be shorter than the first decoction), squeeze the residue with clean gauze, combine the three decoctions and the squeezed liquid, let it stand for half a day, filter the supernatant with gauze, and then simmer with high heat to concentrate to about 500 ml, then add an equal amount of honey, switch to low heat, and simmer until the water drops into beads, which is the paste. The slag of the velvet antler after decoction can be chewed. Then put the boiled and cooled paste into a clean dark bottle and store it in a cool and dry place, or put it in the refrigerator. The paste is very convenient to take. Take 1-2 spoons with a clean spoon each time, dissolve it in boiling water and drink it, or put it directly into your mouth.

4. Brew antler tea: Put the prepared antler slices into a teacup and brew with boiling water, cover the cup tightly, and soak for a few minutes. It can be used as tea, or it can be mixed with other sweet tonic medicines such as wolfberry and longan to make a prescription and brew at the same time. After brewing several times, when the medicine juice is tasteless, you can chew and swallow the antler slices. If used as a health-care tea, the dosage of antler is 0.3~0.5 grams per day. It can also be used every other day. It is not necessary to take it every day. If used as a tea for treating diseases, the dosage of antler can be appropriately increased, or according to the doctor's instructions.