Also known as: ox horn, ox horn powder

Sexual orientation: pungent, bitter, salty and cold; Heart, liver and stomach meridians.

Treat fever, high fever and spots well.

As a precious medicinal material, rhinoceros horn once occupied a place in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, but now it is well known that rhinoceros horn has been banned in clinic at home and abroad, so buffalo horn has become a substitute for rhinoceros horn, and their effects are similar. Buffalo horn has the functions of clearing heat and cooling blood, eliminating spots and relieving convulsion. Entering blood can clear heart, liver and stomach heat. "Rihuazi Materia Medica" records that buffalo horn "cures heat toxicity and strengthens heat". Modern pharmacological research shows that buffalo horn also has the functions of strengthening heart, anti-inflammatory, reducing blood lipid, improving immunity and protecting liver.

Small buffalo horn file

Buffalo horn is mainly produced in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Hunan and Hubei. It belongs to Bovine, and its horns can be used as medicine. Usually collected during buffalo slaughter. Split the collected buffalo horn, soak it in warm water, take it out and cut it into pounds. Or cleaning, drying and grinding into coarse powder to obtain buffalo horn powder. Modern research shows that buffalo horn contains keratin, cholesterol, alanine, arginine, cystine, aspartic acid, lipids and so on.

Efficacy indication

Efficacy: please clear away heat and toxic materials, cool blood and remove spots, calm and strengthen the heart.

Indications: 1. Used for treating high fever, hematemesis, epistaxis and macula caused by fever. 2. Used for delirium, convulsion and madness caused by fever. 3. It can be used to treat fever headache, swollen throat, convulsion and hematemesis. 4. Used to treat acne rash and red urine.

Identification and purchase

At present, rhinoceros is a rare animal, protected by the world organization and not allowed to be killed at will, so water horns are used instead of drugs. Buffalo horn is a slightly flat and curved cone with different lengths. Its surface is brownish black or grayish black. There are several transverse grooves on one side and dense transverse concave stripes on the other. The upper part is tapered with longitudinal stripes. The stem is slightly triangular, hollow, hard horny and slightly fishy. The rhinoceros horn is conical, the upper part is slightly bent backward, the surface is dark gray, the tip is blunt and round, and the mane eye point can be seen. There are horse-tooth serrations around the bottom of the horn, longitudinal grooves in front of the horn, prominent hills on the chassis opposite to the lower part, and hard horniness, but it is easy to crack longitudinally. There are obvious longitudinal thick wires in the longitudinal section, which are not broken or implicated. The upper part is dark, and the lower part gradually brightens, in points.

Matters needing attention

1. Use with caution for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold. 2. Buffalo horn should not be used with Aconitum kusnezoffii drugs.