Deer Bone in "Ming Qubie Lu". It refers to the bones of Cervus elaphus Linnaeus or C.nippon Temminck, members of the deer family. When collecting, the deer is slaughtered and the bones are stripped of meat.
[Processing Method] 1. Deer Bone in "Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang": "Clean and file." Currently, take the deer bone and moisten it with warm water, remove residual tendons and muscles, wash away the dirt, and dry it.
2. Sand-blasted Deer Bone: Place sand in a hot pot, heat it over a high flame until it is loose, then add clean deer bones of uniform size, stir constantly, fry until slightly colored and crispy, remove, sift out the sand, cool, and smash into small pieces.
[Characteristics of the Medicinal Material] Deer bone is irregularly fragmented, with a pale yellow-white surface, an uneven gray-white section, a hollow middle, a honeycomb-like texture on one side near the bone wall, a hard texture, and a slight odor. The sand-blasted deer bone resembles a deer horn, with a crispy texture and a deep color.
[Processing Function] Deer bone has a sweet and warm taste. It enters the Kidney meridian. It has the functions of nourishing deficiency, strengthening tendons and bones, dispelling wind and dampness, stopping diarrhea and scrofula, and promoting tissue regeneration and wound healing. It is used for deficiency fatigue and weak bones, rheumatic pain in the limbs, coldness and numbness of tendons and bones, diarrhea, scrofula, and abscesses. Examples include the deer bone decoction for nourishing deficiency and strengthening tendons and bones (from "Qian Jin Yao Fang") and the powdered deer bone for treating abscesses and promoting tissue regeneration (from "Jiu Sheng Ku Hai").
