Due to its climate characteristics, spring can easily cause various discomforts in the body. Therefore, appropriate conditioning of medicinal materials is necessary. Deer antler is a kind of Chinese medicinal material, so can you eat velvet antler in spring? When is the best season to eat deer antlers?

Can you eat deer antlers in spring?

You can eat deer antlers in spring, but you have to pay attention to the amount and don’t eat too much. Because the principle of tonic in spring is to give priority to flat tonics, and avoid tonics that are very hot and greasy. In spring, the human body's temper is weak, which means that the digestive ability of the gastrointestinal tract is poor. At this time, you should eat lighter foods. Among the tonics, except for Cordyceps sinensis, bird's nest, etc., which are relatively light, the other flavors are a bit heavy. Blindly taking supplements may cause symptoms such as bloating. Although deer antler is not toxic, it is a warm medicine, so it cannot be used indiscriminately, but must be administered according to the person and the syndrome. Cao Bingzhang, a famous medical scientist in modern my country, believes that although deer antler is a good tonic for replenishing essence and marrow, "if not taken properly, it is often prone to vomiting blood, epistaxis, hematuria, red eyes, dizziness, stroke and fainting." This statement , is to warn those who take supplements that they should dialectically apply supplements and use drugs rationally to achieve effective results. Otherwise, the occurrence of the above-mentioned symptoms is inevitable.

How to eat velvet antler

Deer antler is generally sliced ??and taken by mouth or ground and taken as a drink. It is not suitable to make a decoction and fry it for a long time. Deng Cong said that there are two main reasons. First, many components of velvet antler are insoluble in water; second, the active components of velvet antler will be destroyed after being heated at high temperature for a long time.

Eat with your mouth in your mouth. Slice the velvet antler into slices, hold 0.3-0.5 grams each time under the tongue, soak it with saliva, and swallow the body fluid. It will taste slightly fishy at first until the medicinal taste is light, then chew it and swallow it.

Grind into powder and take it. Grind the velvet antler into powder (note: when grinding and processing, it is not advisable to bake it at high temperature, otherwise many of the active ingredients of the velvet antler will be destroyed), 0.5 to 1 gram each time, drink with warm water, or mix it directly into porridge, tonic medicinal meals, etc. Take.

Wine-soaking clothes. Deer antler soaked in wine to nourish yang should generally be soaked with some yin-tonifying medicines, such as Rehmannia glutinosa, Polygonatum, wolfberry, etc. Generally, the ratio of medicine to wine is 1:5. It is advisable to soak it in liquor with a temperature of over 50 degrees, cover it tightly, and shake it every two or three days to fully analyze the active ingredients. It needs to be soaked for more than half a month. Drink 10-20ml each time. For those who are not strong enough to drink, they can mix the medicinal wine with boiled water, dilute it and drink it.

Contraindicated groups

1. People with internal fire should not take it

Generally, those who have high fever and polydipsia, red and swollen eyes, yellow phlegm, vomiting blood, and epistaxis , hematuria, heat poisonous boils and carbuncles, bitter mouth, constipation, yellow and red urine, and a strong and stringy pulse are all caused by internal fire. Taking supplements with deer antlers can only be used to fight the fire, which is counterproductive.

2. People with high blood pressure and liver disease must take it with caution

Anyone with symptoms such as high blood pressure, hepatitis and liver insufficiency, yin deficiency and excessive fire or actual fire must follow the instructions Take it with caution as directed by your doctor and do not choose it by yourself.

3. It should not be taken for exogenous diseases

Regardless of external wind-cold or external wind-heat, if the evil is on the surface of the skin, there will be aversion to cold, wind, fever, headache, and limb pain. If you have other symptoms, avoid taking velvet antler at this time.

4. People with kidney-deficiency fire should not take it

Deficiency-heat syndrome: clinical symptoms include dry cough with less phlegm, hemoptysis, irritability, red lips and dark tongue, peeling or cracked tongue surface, and lack of fluid. Symptoms such as thirst, dry eyes and blurred vision, afternoon hot flashes, red cheekbones, night sweats, heat in the palms and soles, and a thready pulse are all caused by insufficient kidney yin and strong deficiency fire. If you misuse velvet antler and isothermal tonics, it is obvious that the medicine is wrong, which will inevitably lead to assisting fire and destroying yin, damaging body fluids and consuming fluids.

5. Healthy children should not eat it casually

Deer antler is an excellent nutritional supplement, but not everyone is suitable for taking it. For healthy people, especially children, velvet antler is not suitable for eating. Anything to eat. Healthy children are prone to internal heat, nosebleeds, abnormal body excitement, and even mania after eating it.