How are deer antlers useful?
(Baonghean.vn) - Every year, Quynh Luu district (Nghe An province) supplies 4 tons of deer antlers to the market. Deer farmers also share effective methods of processing and using deer antlers with buyers.Deer antler velvet soaked in alcohol is considered one of the finest tonics for men.
Each year, a deer can be harvested twice for its antlers, yielding 1.3-1.5 kg of velvet per animal. Currently, the price of deer velvet ranges from 900,000 to 1,000,000 VND per 100g.
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| With a total herd of over 15,000 deer, Quynh Luu district harvests 4 tons of antlers annually.Fresh red deer antlers, after being cut, are used to make medicinal wine, porridge, soup, etc. |
Deer antlers can be processed into various nutritious beverages and foods such as deer wine, deer porridge, and steamed rice with deer antlers.
Mr. Dinh Trong Phuong from Hamlet 5, Quynh Nghia Commune, said: "With 9 deer that produce antlers, I harvest 13.5 kg of antlers each year. Besides selling to traders, I keep 1 kg of antlers, then cut them into small pieces and put them in bottles to soak in alcohol for drinking. Just a few glasses with each meal makes me feel very healthy and relieves fatigue after a stressful day at work."
"Deer antlers are harvested from the young antlers of male deer or elk in early spring. Deer antlers are highly prized because they contain the hormone pantocrin (also known as antler velvet), protein, lipids, calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate salts, collagen, and trace elements such as iron and magnesium. They are believed to have a tonic effect on the kidneys and enhance male potency, and are used in cases of weak kidney function, poor sexual performance, impotence, premature ejaculation, back pain, cold hands and feet, irregular menstruation in women, excessive vaginal discharge, cold uterus, and blocked milk ducts." |
Besides making deer antler wine, people also use it to cook familiar dishes such as deer porridge, steamed deer antler with rice, deer antler soaked with Cynomorium songaricum mushrooms... All of these dishes are very good and beneficial to human health.
According to Dr. Nguyen Duc Luong from the Acupuncture Department of Nghe An Traditional Medicine Hospital: Deer antler velvet is classified by traditional medicine as one of the four "superior medicines," along with ginseng, deer antler velvet, cinnamon, and aconite.
In addition, deer antler velvet has the effect of promoting bone marrow production, strengthening tendons and bones, and enriching the blood. It is used in cases of anemia, thin and pale people, children with delayed fontanel closure, slow growth, delayed teething, delayed walking, and elderly people who are thin and weak and have difficulty walking...
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| Braised deer antler velvet. |
The most effective way to soak deer antler velvet in alcohol: Use ginger wine to clean fresh deer antlers, but absolutely do not clean the cut areas. Let the antlers dry completely, then slice them thinly and place them in a glass jar. Next, pour in enough 35-40% alcohol to completely cover them. Soak for about 3 months. After that, pour the wine into another jar and soak again for a second time, then a third time, each time for about 4 weeks. After you have 3 jars of wine from 3 soakings, combine all 3 batches of wine into one jar, then add more 35-40% alcohol at a ratio of 1 part antlers to 8-9 parts alcohol. |
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