1. Aliases
Flower deer antler, yellow hairy antler, deer antler, and spotted dragon pearl.2. Animal morphology
Sika deer: Approximately 1.5 meters in length and weighing approximately 100 kilograms. Shoulder height is about 1 meter. The suborbital gland is obvious and fissured; Ears large and upright, neck slender and long. There are brown plantar glands under the bare joint on the outer side of the hind limbs, with narrow and pointed main hooves and small lateral hooves. Short tail. Winter hair is thick and dense, with fluff, chestnut brown, gray yellow tips, and no or no obvious white spots. Summer hair is thin, without fuzz, and the whole body is reddish brown with prominent white spots. The white spots on both sides of the spine and the lower edge of the body are arranged in two rows, with a black midline. The female deer has no horns, while the male deer has horns and is 4-5 forks long. Red deer: Large in size, about 2 meters in length, weighing over 200 kilograms. Shoulder height is about 1.5 meters, with a straight back and equal shoulder to hip height. Exposed nasal tip.
3. Origin distribution
Sika deer often inhabit mountains, grasslands, and forest edges, mainly distributed in Northeast and North China, and are now mostly artificially raised. Wild animals are prohibited from being caught indiscriminately for national level protection. Red deer herds inhabit mixed forests, alpine forests, and grasslands. Distributed in Northeast, Northwest and Inner Mongolia. It is a national second level protected animal. Wilderners are prohibited from indiscriminate hunting.
4. Harvesting and processing
Saw deer antler in summer and autumn, and after processing, dry it in the shade or dry it.
5. Characteristics of medicinal herbs
Cylindrical branching, surface densely covered with fine hairs, upper end denser, lower part sparser. The saw blade is densely covered with many small holes. Light bodied, with a slightly fishy odor and a slightly salty taste. Flower deer antler has a shorter body, fewer branches, and only one lateral branch at the base. The skin is red and the hair is yellow, short and dense; Red deer antler has a thick and long body, multiple branches, and two adjacent lateral branches at the base. The skin is black and the hair is gray, and the hair is long and sparse.
6. Nature, taste, and meridian tropism
Warm in nature, sweet and salty in taste. Return to the Kidney Meridian and Liver Meridian.
7. Effect and function
Strengthening kidney yang, nourishing essence and blood, strengthening muscles and bones, regulating Chong Ren, relieving sores and toxins. A Yang tonifying medicine classified under the category of tonifying deficiency medicine.
8. Clinical applications
Dosage of 1-2 grams, taken by grinding powder or into pills, can also be soaked in alcohol. Used to treat impotence, slippery semen, infertility caused by cold uterus, weight loss, mental fatigue, fear of cold, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, cold pain in the waist and spine, weakness of muscles and bones, collapse and leakage, and lack of convergence of yin. Yanmo Chongfu
9. Pharmacological research
Deer antler extract has the effects of strengthening the body, protecting the liver, anti-aging, antioxidant, enhancing immune function, anti-inflammatory, and enhancing gonadal function.
10. Chemical composition
The acid hydrolysis solution contains 17 amino acids, including tryptophan, lysine, histidine, arginine, aspartic acid, threonine, serine, etc. It also contains nitrogen-containing compounds such as putrescine, spermidine, spermine, taurine, hypoxanthine, uracil, urea, creatinine, uridine, niacin, as well as steroid compounds such as cholesterol, cholesterol-5-en-3-ol-7ketone, cholesterol-5-en-3, 7-diol, cholesterol-5-ene, 7-diol, estradiol, testosterone, etc.
11. Taboos for use
Those with yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, blood with heat, excessive fire in the stomach, phlegm heat in the lungs, and external heat diseases that have not yet healed should not take medication.
12. Compatibility prescription
① Treating weakness and impotence, unclear complexion, frequent urination, and poor diet: 15 grams of deer antler, extra 30 grams (peeled and sliced), and 30 grams of dried yam (as the end). Wrap it in thin silk, soak it in wine for seven days, and then drink three cups a day. After the wine is depleted, roast the deer antler and leave it for use as a tonic. (Puji Fang Deer Antler Wine)
② If dampness is not treated for a long time, the foot may be depressed and there may be little yin, and the tongue may be white and the body may be painful. For example, 15g of deer antler, 9g of aconite, 3g of grass fruit, 9g of dodder seed, and 15g of Poria cocos. Five cups of water, boil two cups, serve daily, and boil one more cup of residue. (Lu Fu Tang from "Wen Bing Tiao Bian")
③ Treating small intestine deficiency and cold, frequent urination: 60g deer antler (crispy and slightly yellow), 30g dragon bones (cooked), 0.9g mulberry cuttlebone (slightly fried), 30g chili red (slightly fried), 45g aconite (processed), and 30g cornel. To apply medicine, pound the Luo as the end. To refine honey and pound one or two hundred pestles, the pills are as big as wutong. Take 20 pills of salt soup before serving hollow and late meals. (Deer Antler Pill in "Shenghui Fang")
④ To treat severe dizziness, if you look up, your house will turn around and your eyes will be black. When you see something flying or there are two things: deer antler, take 15 grams per serving. Use three cups of ashless wine, fry until one cup, remove any impurities, and add a little musk to take. (Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment)
⑤ Treating Virgo Chongren Deficiency Cold with Pure White: 60g Deer Antler (Steamed in Vinegar, Roasted), 30g White Cayratia, and 30g Golden Hair Dog Ridge (Hairless). It is topped with fine powder, fried with wormwood vinegar, and made into glutinous rice paste balls, as big as plane trees. Take 50 pills per serving, under warm hollow wine. ("Ji Sheng Fang" Bai Cao Wan)
