Can you eat deer antler often? What should you pay attention to when eating deer antler?

Deer antler is a very precious medicinal herb with high medicinal value, and many people take it as a daily health care medicine.

Can antler be eaten regularly?

Yes, but not every day. Deer antler is sweet, salty and warm. It is used to treat men's impotence and premature ejaculation, waist and knee weakness, tinnitus and deafness, women's uterine cold and infertility caused by the weakness of kidney yang. It is recommended to eat antler 2-3 times a week, or stop eating for 2-3 days every 7 days, but it is not recommended to eat it every day.

Why antler should not be eaten every day

Deer antler is warm in nature and has the effect of warming kidney yang and benefiting essence and blood. Eating deer antler every day may lead to accelerated blood and qi flow in the body, causing mouth ulcers, nosebleeds, dry and sore throat and other symptoms of fire.

What are the benefits of eating deer antler?

Tonifies the kidneys and strengthens the yang

It can be used to treat impotence and premature ejaculation in men, soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, tinnitus and deafness in the ears, and cold and infertility in women.

Strengthens bones and muscles

According to Chinese medicine, the kidney is the master of bones and the weakening of the kidney essence is related to the strength of the muscles and bones.

Improves immunity

The active ingredients in deer antler can improve the body's cellular and humoral immune functions, promote the transformation of lymphocytes, and act as an immune booster, so deer antler can help improve the body's ability to resist diseases to a certain extent.

Cardiovascular protection

Deer antler has a two-way regulating effect on the cardiovascular system, which can both dilate peripheral blood vessels, slow down heart rate and lower blood pressure; it can also enhance heart contraction, speed up heart rate, increase cardiac output and stimulate a tired heart, so Pueraria Mirifica can protect cardiovascular to a certain extent.

What to pay attention to when eating deer antler

1, the dosage should not be too much

Although deer antler has no obvious toxic side effects, it is a traditional Chinese medicine and has a certain dosage requirement.

2. Not to eat with fruits and vegetables

Fruits and vegetables contain tannic acid, which may react with the active ingredients in antler, thus reducing its medicinal effect.

People who are contraindicated to eat deer antler

1. People with Yin deficiency and Yang strength

Because deer antler is salty and warm, it can warm the yang energy, so people with yin deficiency and yang strength may have more yin deficiency symptoms such as low fever and night sweating, hot hands and feet, and red cheeks.

2、People with internal heat

Deer antler is warm in nature and has the effect of strengthening the Yang and benefiting the essence and blood. Those with internal heat may eat deer antler, which may cause more heat in the body and aggravate the discomfort of yellow urine, dry throat, dry mouth and thirst.

3、People with blood heat

Deer antler is warm in nature, so those who have hot blood may experience more heat, such as nosebleeds, heavy menstrual flow, bright red color, red tongue and thin veins, etc.

4、People with cold and flu

People with cold symptoms such as headache, nasal congestion, fever, bad wind, cough, etc. should not eat antler because it is tonic and eating antler may lead to the stagnation of evil qi in the body, thus aggravating cold symptoms or causing delayed healing of cold symptoms.

5、Patients with high blood pressure

Deer antler is warm in nature and enters the liver meridian. Patients with hyperactive liver yang type hypertension may take it to make the liver fire more intense, which may aggravate the symptoms of hypertension such as dizziness and unstable walking.

6、Minors

Deer antler is a very powerful tonic. Minors are not well-developed physically and mentally, so taking deer antler is not good for their physical development, or it may cause excessive yang energy in the body, resulting in symptoms such as fire and nosebleeds.