Buffalo horn, the double horns of buffalo, is a substitute for rhinoceros horn in the use of traditional Chinese medicine. The buffalo horn is curved in shape, with square or slightly triangular roots and hollow, and there are many parallel concave lines and sharp corners on one side surface; The color is dark brown, the texture is hard, the side is thin but not obvious, and it has a fishy smell. Buffalo horn is naturally attached to bone, hollow with medulla, and rhinoceros horn is longer than skin, which is formed by keratinization of epidermis. Buffalo horn has the effects of clearing away heat and cooling blood, relieving convulsion and detoxifying, and is mainly used for treating typhoid fever, fright, irritability, delirium, macula, yellowing, hematemesis, epistaxis, hemorrhage and carbuncle.

Buffalo horn contains arginine, aspartic acid, leucine and amino acids. At present, it is mainly used to clear away heat, cool blood and detoxify, and can also be used to treat headache or macula. If children feel uncomfortable drinking milk, it can also be smeared on milk and swallowed.

It can also be used to treat swelling and pain of bovine process, swelling and protrusion, difficulty in walking legs, rupture for a long time, and purulent water flow. You can divide the horn tip (burnt ash) with other medicinal materials, grind them into powder together, and knead the bone marrow of cattle. Buffalo horn products have certain health care functions. The use of water horn comb will not produce static electricity, and its pharmacological properties will promote blood circulation when massaging people's brain, scalp and head nerves, and infiltrate into the human body invisibly.

1, treatment of bleeding: cattle, horns and hoof nails, after cleaning, put them in a closed container for burning and carbonization, grind them into fine powder and sieve them. Internal bleeding, two grams three times a day, oral; External bleeding, scattered in the affected area. (Selected data of new medical methods of Chinese herbal medicines in Inner Mongolia)

2, cure sore throat, congestion to death: sand horn, burning, scraping ash, fine screening, and wine jujube, water adjustment can also be. Also, if the child feels a sore throat when drinking milk, put this ash on the milk and swallow it. (Provisions on Collection and Inspection at Sea)

3, cure stone drenching, break blood: the horn burns ash, and the wine is taken in square inches, five times a day. ("Sheng Ji Zong Lu")

4, cure blood against the heart, stuffy thorn: buffalo horn, burning powder, wine service square inch. (The Secret Record of Mother and Child)

5. Treat cattle swelling and pain, swelling and protruding, legs are difficult to walk, and will break after a long time. Purulent water phase flow: horn (burnt ash), water keel, rosin and calomel are equally divided. * * * is the last. Knead bovine bone marrow, and take Shiquan Dabu decoction for the weak. ("Authentic Surgery" Niu Jiao Powder)

6, cure baldness: horns, horns (burning ash) and so on. Pig fat coating. (Sheng Huifang)

7, the treatment of bee stings: horn burning ash, bitter wine coating. ("Fill the back of the elbow")