According to the record of "Famous Doctors", buffalo horn can "treat cold and heat headaches", and it is preliminarily pointed out that its effect of clearing heat and dispelling evil spirits is preliminarily pointed out. Xu Zhicai's "Medicine Pair" believes that buffalo horn is "the main temperature disease", and further clarifies its main symptoms. On the basis of the previous one, "Rihuazi Materia Medica" supplemented the usage and indications of buffalo horn, and there is a record of "decoction of juice, treatment of heat, poisonous wind and strong heat". Su Song also proposed that buffalo horn is effective in "curing throat paralysis and swelling and congestion, and burning ashes", which interprets the detoxification of buffalo horn. Nowadays, studies have found that buffalo horn and rhino horn have similar components and medicinal effects, and when rhinoceros has become a protected animal in the world and rhino horn is prohibited from being used, rhino horn is often replaced by buffalo horn in ancient recipes. Moreover, the research on the pharmacology and clinical application of buffalo horn is also quite in-depth.
Buffalo horn was first published in the "Famous Doctor's Directory", and the buffalo horn was used in medicine. The description of the buffalo in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" is: "The buffalo is blue in color, with a big belly and a sharp head, and its shape is like a pig, and its horns are like spears, guarding its calves", which is close to the form of today's buffalo. Because of the thick skin and extremely underdeveloped sweat glands, the buffalo often needs to enter the water to dissipate heat and use its horns for medicinal purposes, so it has this name.
Chinese medicine
The Chinese medicine buffalo horn is the horn of the bovid buffalo. It is mainly produced in South China and East China. After taking the horns, boil them, remove the horn plugs, and dry them. This product has a slightly fishy smell and a light taste. The color is preferably grayish-brown. Pound flakes or file into coarse powder, raw use; Or made into concentrated powder.
This product has a bitter taste and is cold. Return to the heart, liver meridian. It has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood, detoxifying and calming shock.
Note: People with spleen and stomach deficiency should not use it.
Modern pharmacology
Traditional Chinese medicine buffalo horn mainly contains cholesterol, peptides, a variety of amino acids, a variety of trace elements, etc.
Buffalo horn powder and extract have obvious antipyretic, sedative and anticonvulsant effects; Buffalo horn powder, aqueous extract and enzymatic hydrolysate can significantly reduce the mortality rate of mice caused by endotoxin or lipopolysaccharide in Escherichia coli, and have significant anti-infective effects. Buffalo horn hydrolysate can shorten bleeding time, reduce capillary permeability, increase platelets and show obvious hemostatic effect. In addition, it also has the effects of strengthening the heart, lowering blood pressure, and stimulating the pituitary-adrenal cortical system.
Time: 2024