Deer antler velvet is an ancient Chinese medicine used from thousands of years to treat innumerable ailments.

From where and how we get Deer Antler Velvet?

Deer Antler Velvet is extracted from Deer antlers that grow at incredible speed. After several weeks when the deer antlers reach their final size, the cartilage present in them steadily grow into bone. In the final stage of development, the antler's blood supply and nerves are lost. As the antlers harden, the harts rub them against trees or rocks to remove the leftover skin. Consequently, the deer develop sharp bony antlers and utilize them as a weapon to combat threats to their harem of females during the autumn rut or mating season.

The antler development cycle begins anew every spring season. The hard antler of the preceding season cast offs. It is then that the velvet is gleaned for its medicinal and performance qualities.

When the velvet deer antler gets removed, it is allowed to cool on tilted racks and is then frozen and processed. If the antler is removed at its cartilaginous state, almost all it can be exploited for medicinal purposes.

History of Medicinal Use:

Use of Deer Antler Velvet as a medicine is documented to be 2,000 years old. The traces of Deer Antler Velvet were found from a silk scroll recovered from a Han tomb in the Human Province in China. The scroll recommends medical treatments and prescriptions for 52 different diseases using deer antler. Velvet deer antler is contemporarily renowned as an elite medicinal food in Asia, New Zealand, and Korea.

Benefits of Deer Antler Velvet:

Different researches conducted to determine the efficacy of velvet deer antler affirms that:

• It is used by doctors to treat impotence in men.
• Deer Antler Velvet is taken to cure infertility in women and for liver problems and high cholesterol in both sexes.
• Furthermore, velvet deer antler has been used for centuries to control blood pressure, increase hemoglobin levels, increase lung efficiency, improve recuperation from exertion, improve muscle tone and glandular functions, sharpen mental alertness, relieve the inflammation of arthritis, and heal stomach ulcers.
• Chinese herbal doctors use deer antler as a balancing agent for the endocrine system and in the treatment of penile erection dysfunction in men. Oriental physicians claim it is especially beneficial for men suffering from enlarged prostate glands and watery semen. Oddly enough, velvet deer antler has also been used in the treatment of menstrual disorders. It contains both male and female hormones.
• As we grow older, our growth hormone levels decrease along with IGF-1 that causes muscular atrophy. Deer Antler Velvet is a natural source of growth factors, which can improve muscular development.
• An important ingredient found in Deer Antler Velvet cartilage is Chondroitin Sulfate A, an extremely powerful anti-inflammatory agent that is used to reverse atherosclerosis and dramatically improve circulation. Research also demonstrates that Chondroitin Sulfate A reduces the incidence of fatal heart attacks and strokes by more than 400%.
• Deer Antler Velvet is also found capable of modulating the immune system. The cartilage in Deer Antler Velvet contains a small molecular weight protein which has the unique ability to modulate the immune system. This means that, if the immune system is depressed, this particular protein can dramatically improve it. And, if the immune system is overactive, it can reduce its activity until it reaches the normal range.
• Anti-inflammatory prostaglandins are also among the main bioactive substances present in Deer Antler Velvet that is effective for people suffering from arthritis.

Composition of Deer Antler Velvet:

Tests show that deer antler velvet is composed of 50% amino acids including tryptophan lysine, threonine valine, leucine isoleucine, phenylalanine, histidine, arginine, proline, hydroxyroline, aspartic acid, serine, glutamic acid, glycine, alanine, cysteine, methionine, tyrosine. It also includes chondrocytes, chrondroblasts, glucosamine, glycosaminogcans, chondroitin sulfate A, and anti-inflammatory prostaglandins.