Deer tail

Deer tail

(Qinghai herbal medicine)

[source] it is the tail of sika deer or red deer, and the animal morphology is detailed in the "velvet" strip.

[collection] cut the tail from the vertebrae of the tail and hang it to dry in the shade; or soak the cut tail in the water and take it out to remove the residual meat and grease from the root, cut off the hairy antler and the old skin outside, then rub it with pumice, hang it in the ventilated place with thread and dry it in the shade, and then put it in the dry place, and turn it in the sun. The former is called "deer tail with hair"; the latter is called "deer tail without hair".

[medicinal material] the dried deer tail is thick and short, slightly cylindrical in shape, blunt and round at the apex, slightly wide at the base, and irregular in cutting section. Those with hair are about 15 cm long, with brown yellow hair and some white hair; those without hair are short, purplish red to purple black, smooth and glossy, often with a few wrinkles. It is hard and slightly fishy. It is thick, black and bright without hair. Complete is better. Generally, red deer tail is better than plum deer tail.

It is mainly produced in Northeast, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Gansu, Hebei and other places.

The hairy deer tail produced in Sichuan is the tail of white deer. It is 7-10 cm long and long oval or triangular in shape. The back hair is dense, dark blue, the ventral hair is sparse, gray white, and there are residual caudal vertebrae and skin at the base.

Wash and slice.

[nature and taste] 1. Qinghai herbal medicine: "warm in nature, non-toxic. "

② Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "it tastes sweet and salty. "

[functions and indications] 1. Qinghai herbal medicine: "it is a tonic medicine. For lumbago and impotence. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "warm waist and knee, benefit kidney essence, treat waist and spine pain, can't bend and stretch, kidney deficiency, spermatorrhea and dizziness tinnitus. "

[usage and dosage] take orally: decoct soup, 2-5 yuan; or take pills.

[should avoid] Yang Sheng has heat, avoid taking.