antelope horn may not have medicinal value either, but the medicinal value of Tibetan antelope horn is very high!

Tibetan antelope horn has very high medicinal value, which is a rare medicine for treating goiter, gastritis and chronic diarrhea, and also a specific medicine for inducing labor. Tibetan antelope horn has been used in Tibetan medicine for a long time, and it has been recorded in Four Medical Codes (Tibetan name "Ju Xi" in 812 AD). Tibetan antelope horn has been valued and utilized in traditional medicine for centuries. Ancient Tibetan books list the different curative effects of Tibetan antelope horn: it can treat diarrhea, promote birth, treat ulcers, control the proliferation of certain glands, and also treat women's irregular menstruation and kidney and blood diseases.

Because Saiga antelope horn, a traditional Chinese medicine, is scarce, it is necessary to find a medicinal material with similar curative effect to Saiga antelope horn. Tibetan antelopes and Saiga antelopes belong to different genera of Bovidae, and have a hierarchical relationship in biology. In order to expand the source of Saiga antelope horn and explore whether Tibetan antelope horn can be used as medicine equally with antelope horn, it is necessary to compare the differences in chemical components between them. The results of several experiments show that some main chemical components of antelope horn and Tibetan antelope horn, such as protein, such as cholesterol, phospholipids, fatty acids and glycerides, are basically the same. Except serine and glycine, the contents of other 13 amino acids are higher in Tibetan antelope horn than in antelope horn. As far as trace elements are concerned, Tibetan antelope horn is also higher than antelope horn. The experiment also proved that the extract of Tibetan antelope horn has the effects of calming, relieving pain, reducing fever and lowering blood pressure on experimental animals. These effects are similar to those reported in the literature. Tibetan antelope horn has no obvious effect on ECG and has little toxicity. Our preliminary experimental results suggest that Tibetan antelope horn can be developed and utilized as a new medicinal resource. Whether Tibetan antelope horn can be used as a substitute for antelope horn in medicine needs further study.