How is deer velvet useful?

(Baonghean.vn) - Every year, Quynh Luu district (Nghe An) supplies the market with 4 tons of velvet. Deer farmers also disseminate effective ways to process and use velvet to customers.Deer antler wine is considered one of the best tonics for men.

Each year, a deer can be harvested for velvet twice, weighing 1.3 - 1.5 kg of velvet/deer. The current price of velvet is from 900,000 VND - 1 million VND/100g.

With a total herd of over 15 thousand deer, each year, Quynh Luu district collects 4 tons of velvet.Fresh red deer antlers after cutting, used to soak in wine, cook porridge, cook soup...

Deer antlers can be processed into drinks and foods that are very nutritious for the body such as: deer wine, deer porridge, steamed deer antlers with rice...

Mr. Dinh Trong Phuong in Hamlet 5, Quynh Nghia Commune said: "With 9 deer that produce velvet, each year I cut 13.5 kg of velvet. In addition to selling to traders, I leave 1 kg of velvet, then cut it into small pieces and put it in a bottle to soak in wine to drink. Every meal, just drinking a few cups makes me feel very healthy, no longer tired after a stressful day at work".

In addition to processing deer antler wine, people also use it to cook familiar dishes such as deer porridge, steamed deer antler with rice, deer antler soaked with toa duong mushrooms... All of the above dishes are very good and beneficial for human health.

Doctor Nguyen Duc Luong - Acupuncture Department - Nghe An Traditional Medicine Hospital said: Deer antlers are classified by traditional medicine as one of the four "superior medicines", which are ginseng, velvet antlers, cinnamon, and aconite.

In addition, velvet antler also has the effect of producing sperm, strengthening tendons and bones, and enriching blood. It is used in cases of anemia, thin and pale people, children with slow fontanelle closure, slow growth, slow teething, slow walking, and thin and weak elderly people with difficulty walking...

Stewed deer antler dish.

Viet Hung