Velvet antler refers to the young horn of sika deer or red deer that is not ossified but has fluff.
Deer is a traditional precious medicinal animal in China. In the existing literature, there is a saying that "a deer is a treasure" in the literature of Han Dynasty, which is a symbol of a panacea.
Compendium of Materia Medica records antler, antler, antler glue, antler cream, deer blood, deer brain, deer tail, deer kidney, deer tendon, deer fat, deer meat, deer head meat, deer bone, deer teeth and deer marrow. Can be used as medicine, has extremely high medicinal value and health care function, and can prevent and treat various diseases.
And the deer's newborn horn-velvet antler is regarded as "the treasure among treasures".
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Pilose antler has a strong health care function and is a good medicine for strengthening the body.
Velvet antler contains more amino acids, lecithin, vitamins and trace elements than ginseng.
Velvet antler is warm but not dry, which can tonify and improve the body function, and has a good health care effect on patients with chronic physical weakness.
Pilose antler can improve cellular immunity and humoral immunity, promote lymphocyte transformation, and has the function of immune promoter.
It can increase the body's defense ability to the outside world, adjust the immune balance in the body, thus avoiding diseases, promoting wound healing and rehabilitation, and thus playing a role in strengthening the body and resisting aging.
Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Pilose antler