The efficacy of buffalo horn silk

Buffalo horn silk is bitter, cold and non-toxic, but it has a good effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It is especially effective in solving the problems of heat entering the blood due to febrile diseases, or blood heat running wildly. Buffalo horn silk can be effectively used to treat wind-heat headache, rashes, numbness, and symptoms of fever in Kunming. If any adverse reactions occur after use, stop using it immediately to avoid harm.

Efficacy: (1) Clears away heat and detoxifies, and is good at clearing blood heat. It is often used for febrile diseases with heat entering the blood, high fever, and coma. It can be used instead of rhinoceros horn. (2) It cools blood and stops bleeding. It can cool blood to clear blood heat and is used for rashes and epistaxis caused by blood heat.

Treatment: Wind-heat headache, febrile coma, smallpox, rashes, hematemesis, epistaxis, infantile convulsions, laryngeal swelling, and Japanese encephalitis.

Description of medicinal properties: Buffalo horn is good at clearing the fire of the heart, liver, and stomach meridians, and has the effect of cooling blood and detoxifying. It is an important medicine for treating excessive heat and toxicity in the blood. Its function of clearing heat, cooling blood and detoxifying is similar to that of rhinoceros horn, but its medicinal effect is slower. Its ingredients are roughly the same, so it can be used as a substitute for rhinoceros horn, but the dosage required is larger than that of rhinoceros horn, about 10 times that of rhinoceros horn.

Dosage: Buffalo horn powder for internal use, taken with water: 15-30 grams/time, 2 times/day.

Adverse reactions: This product is non-toxic, and only a few patients experience gastrointestinal symptoms after taking it, such as stomach discomfort, abdominal distension, diarrhea, and nausea. A small number of patients also experience insomnia.

Contraindications: Buffalo horn is cold in nature, so pregnant women should use it with caution. It should not be used by those who do not have symptoms of real heat, and it should not be used by those with weak spleen and stomach. For example, in the treatment of bleeding, buffalo horn is suitable for treating various types of bleeding, such as subcutaneous blood spots caused by excessive heat and forced bleeding. For those who have subcutaneous blood spots and bleeding gums due to weak spleen and inability of spleen to regulate blood, buffalo horn cannot be used to stop the bleeding.

By understanding the above introduction, we can know that buffalo horn silk has many effects and functions, especially in treating various adverse symptoms caused by wind-heat, it can achieve a good effect. However, it should be noted that pregnant women or people with weak spleen and stomach, as well as people who are allergic to it, should use buffalo horn silk with caution.