The efficacy and function of red deer antler, strengthening yang, kidney and bones

Deer antler is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine that is very rare and relatively expensive in people's lives. In traditional Chinese medicine, deer antler is just a general term, because there are two common types of deer antler, one is red deer antler and the other is flower deer antler. Today, the editor will tell you what are the effects and functions of red deer antler.

Red deer antler is a type of deer antler.

The antlers of red deer are thicker and more branched than those of sika deer. Those with one side branch are called "single branch", those with two are called "lotus", those with three are called "three forks", and those with four are called "four forks" or more. According to the origin, they are divided into "Eastern Red Deer Antler" and "Western Red Deer Antler". Eastern Red Deer Antler "single branch" has a large stem of 25 to 27 cm long and a diameter of about 3 cm; the outer skin is gray-black, the hair is gray-brown or gray-yellow, the outer skin on the saw surface is thicker, gray-black, and the middle part is densely covered with fine holes, and the texture is tender. Western Red Deer Antler has many large stems that are not round, and the top is round and flat, 30 to 100 cm long; the surface is ridged, mostly wrinkled and dry, the branches are long and curved, the hair is thick and long, gray or black-gray. The saw mouth is darker in color and often has bone. The smell is fishy and the taste is salty.

effect

It strengthens the kidney yang, replenishes the essence and blood, strengthens the tendons and bones, regulates the Chong and Ren meridians, and removes ulcer toxins. It is used for impotence and spermatorrhea, infertility due to uterine coldness, emaciation, fatigue, fear of cold, dizziness, tinnitus and deafness, cold pain in the waist and spine, weakness of the tendons and bones, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, and persistent genital ulcers.

Pharmacological action

It can increase the coronary flow of rat's isolated heart, increase the cardiac contraction amplitude, slow down the heart rate, and has a cardiotonic effect; it can accelerate the recovery of acute hemorrhagic hypotension. In addition, it also has the effects of resisting hypoxia, enhancing intelligence, strengthening, promoting glycolysis, and promoting nucleic acid and protein synthesis.