[Medicinal Recipe]
Deer Antler Stewed Chicken
[Ingredients]
2 grams of deer antler, half or one whole chicken.
[Method]
1. Slaughter and remove the feathers and viscera from the chicken, then cut it into pieces. Blanch the chicken pieces in boiling water and remove.
2. Place the chicken pieces and deer antler into a stewing pot. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 1 hour until the chicken is tender. Serve.
This dish helps with symptoms of feeling cold, insomnia, and dizziness caused by kidney deficiency.
[Tips]
Deer antler is suitable for men and women who are weak and cold.
In the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen wrote in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that deer antler is "good for nourishing the kidneys, strengthening yang, promoting sperm production, improving blood, and nourishing the marrow and bones." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that deer antler is the essence of the deer, with a warm nature and a sweet and salty taste. It belongs to the kidney and liver meridians and has the effects of prolonging life, nourishing blood and beauty, and strengthening the body. It is most suitable for men and women who are weak and cold to take it.
Modern scientific analysis has shown that deer antler contains 25 amino acids, various vitamins, and trace elements. Clinical experiments have proved that it can improve the body's immune function, promote hematopoiesis, accelerate wound healing, improve the cardiovascular system, enhance physical strength, and enhance reproductive ability.
[Deer Antler is Suitable for All Ages]
Elderly people can take deer antler in winter to strengthen their bodies and prolong their lives. It can also nourish kidney (yang) deficiency, nourish essence and blood, strengthen tendons and bones. It is used for kidney deficiency, aversion to cold and weakness, impotence and spermatorrhea, frequent urination, and enuresis.
For female friends, it can nourish pregnancy and treat deficiency and coldness, postpartum weakness, and excessive or irregular menstruation. It is also used for deficiency of essence and blood, sore and weak waist and spine, weak bones, mental fatigue, dizziness, and tinnitus. Under the guidance of a doctor, deer antler is also used for children with liver and kidney deficiency, poor development, weak tendons and bones, delayed walking and teething, and delayed closure of the fontanelle.
[Five Situations Not Suitable for Taking Deer Antler]
Although deer antler is nourishing, it is not suitable for everyone.
1. People with symptoms of "Five Irritabilities" and yin deficiency;
2. People with yellow or red urine, dry or sore throat, and occasional thirst and internal heat symptoms;
3. People who frequently have nosebleeds or women who have heavy menstrual flow with bright red blood, red tongue, and thin pulse, indicating blood heat;
4. People who are currently having a cold with symptoms of headache, stuffy nose, fever, and chills, and cough with a lot of phlegm, indicating an external invasion of pathogenic factors;
5. People with hypertension, dizziness, unsteady gait, easily angered, and excessive liver fire.
