Do you know the effects and functions of deer antler?

In the Changbai Mountains in northeast China, velvet antler is a treasure. It is not a plant, but the antler of a sika deer. When the antler of a male deer has not grown into hard bones, it is hairy and contains blood. It is a precious Chinese medicine used as a tonic and has therapeutic effects on weakness, neurasthenia, etc.

It strengthens the primordial Yang, replenishes Qi and blood, benefits the essence and marrow, and strengthens the tendons and bones. It is used to treat emaciation, mental fatigue, dizziness, hearing loss, blurred vision, soreness of the waist and knees, impotence, spermatorrhea; cold uterus, metrorrhagia, and leukorrhea.

It can treat colds, strengthen our physical constitution, and replenish blood and qi.

It can cure weakness, fatigue, nausea, emaciation, soreness of limbs, pain in waist and spine, frequent urination, spermatorrhea, hematuria, blood in the abdomen, stone stranguria, swelling, and heat in the bones.

It is mainly used to treat men with cold waist and kidney, weak feet and knees, nocturnal intercourse, spontaneous ejaculation, and women with uterine bleeding. Take a square inch of the powder on an empty stomach with warm wine. It is also used to treat leukorrhea and can be used in powder form.

It can replenish deficiency and atrophy, strengthen muscles and bones, break up blood stasis, calm the fetus and relieve gas. It can be used after being roasted in butter.

It is very beneficial to the growth of our bones and is very effective in treating weakness symptoms such as dizziness.

2. The role of deer antler

1. Impact on the nervous system

Deer antler can enhance the tension of parasympathetic nerve endings, promote the recovery of the nervous system and improve the function of the nervous and muscular systems, and also has an excitatory effect on the sympathetic nerves.

2. Effects on the cardiovascular system

Large doses of deer antler can lower blood pressure, reduce the amplitude of cardiac contraction, slow down the heart rate, and dilate peripheral blood vessels. Medium doses can cause significant enhancement of cardiac contraction, increase the amplitude of contraction, and speed up the heart rate, thereby increasing cardiac output; deer antler is particularly effective on a tired heart.

3. Impact on sexual function

Deer antler extract can increase both plasma testosterone concentration and luteinizing hormone (LH) concentration. Therefore, deer antler is effective in treating sexual dysfunction in adolescence and prostate atrophy in the elderly; it is also effective in treating menopausal disorders in women.

4. Strengthening effect

Deer antler essence has a strong anti-fatigue effect, can enhance cold resistance, accelerate wound healing and stimulate adrenal cortex function. Therefore, deer antler is a traditional tonic medicine used to strengthen, nourish the kidneys and benefit yang.

5. Effects on blood components

Deer antler can increase the hemoglobin in the blood, so it is very effective in treating people with massive bleeding and patients in the late stage of infection, especially the elderly.

6. It has sex hormone-like effects

Animal experiments have shown that subcutaneous injection of deer antler tincture can increase the weight of the prostate and seminal vesicles within a few days.

7. It can stimulate the ex vivo intestine and uterus and enhance the diuretic function of the kidneys

Deer antler is beneficial to women and children. The inorganic elements such as calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium contained in it are involved in the metabolism of calcium, phosphorus, and various enzymes in the body, and have a positive effect on promoting calcium absorption, bone growth, and enhancing the function of the heart and muscles. In particular, magnesium ions have complex functions and are an indispensable substance for longevity. It has a good therapeutic effect on women's infertility due to uterine cold, irregular menstruation, poor development of children, slow tooth growth, fontanelle malalignment, and bone softening caused by insufficient kidney qi. It is worth noting that patients with hypertension, nephritis, hepatitis, and those with what Chinese medicine calls yin deficiency, excessive fire, and liver yang hyperactivity should not take it.

8. Other functions

Some active ingredients in deer antler can inhibit the activity of MAO-B, so it has anti-aging effects;

Deer antler has antioxidant effects, enhances gastrointestinal motility and promotes secretion function;

In addition, deer antler essence can also enhance the body's immune function.

Warm Tips:

We may not often eat these precious herbs in our daily life, but we should also learn more about the pharmacological effects of some herbs. Generally, many elderly people need to be treated with herbs like deer antler after suffering from serious illness, because most of the elderly are relatively weak, and only this better herb can achieve good results, so it is good to understand.