Pilose antler is expensive and rich in nutrients such as protein and sugar. If stored carelessly, it is easy to be moth-eaten, moldy and deteriorated, which may reduce the efficacy and even lose medicinal value. Therefore, it must be properly kept and stored. Pilose antler that has not been thoroughly dried or has been damp will be eaten by insects, making its texture lighter and incomplete. If properly kept, this phenomenon can be avoided and unnecessary losses can be reduced.
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Pilose antler is the young horn of a stag, without ossification and dense fluff. Mainly collected from the heads of sika deer and red deer. The former is called velvet antler and yellow hair velvet, and the latter is called green hair velvet. When a stag reaches a certain age, he will have horns on his head, and when he first appears, he will be as tender as a mushroom after rain. The tender horn with a layer of fine hair on the surface is velvet antler. The tender horns grow up and age into antlers, and the fluff will fall off.
When the tender horn of a stag does not grow into a hard bone, it is hairy and contains blood, which is called velvet antler. Red deer antlers are large, and sika deer antlers are of high medicinal quality. According to the growth time, size, number of branches and tenderness of deer, it can be divided into primary velvet, two velvet, three-pronged velvet, hanging velvet, regenerated velvet and broken velvet.
All the sawed pilose antler is cylindrical, and the 1 branch is called "two bars" and the two branches are called "three forks". Pilose antler can be divided into wax tablets, white powder tablets, red powder tablets, blood tablets and bone tablets from top to bottom. Pilose antler is a valuable Chinese medicine, which is used as a tonic and has curative effect on physical weakness and neurasthenia.
Pilose antler contains phospholipids, glycolipids, colloids, hormones, fatty acids, amino acids, protein, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium and other components, among which amino acids account for more than half of the total components.
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