This product is the horn of the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus) from the Bovidae family. It is mainly produced in the South China and East China regions. The horn is split, soaked in hot water, removed, sliced into thin pieces, and then dried.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Salty, cold. Act on heart, liver and stomach meridians.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing heat, cooling blood, removing toxins.

bubble_chart Indications

1. Used for warm febrile disease with heat invading the blood aspect, persistent high fever, unconsciousness, delirious speech, and other symptoms. This product can enter the blood aspect, clearing fire from the heart, liver, and stomach meridians, and has the effect of cooling blood to remove toxins. It treats warm disease with heat entering the nutrient-blood, symptoms such as body heat, dysphoria, unconsciousness, delirious speech, crimson tongue, rapid pulse, or the appearance of macula and papule. It is often combined with Unprocessed Rehmannia Root, Scrophularia Root, Lonicera, Forsythia, etc.; if there is high fever with dysphoria and convulsions, it is often used with antelope horn, Gypsum, etc.
2. Used for hematemesis and epistaxis due to reckless movement of blood caused by heat. This product has the effect of cooling blood and is often combined with Unprocessed Rehmannia Root, Moutan Bark, Red Peony Root, etc.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Bielu: "Treats seasonal epidemic, cold and heat, headache."
2. Rihuazi Bencao: "Treats heat toxin, wind, and high fever."
3. Bencao Gangmu: "Treats strangury, breaking blood stasis."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

6～15g, crushed to be decocted first; can also be ground into powder for infusion.

Deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach should not be used.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

Buffalo horn contains cholesterol, alanine, arginine, asparagine, cystine, and other amino acids, peptides, guanidine derivatives, and proteins. Buffalo horn has the effect of enhancing the contractile force of isolated frog hearts; it has a significant sedative effect on rats; it also possesses sedative, anti-inflammatory, anti-infective, hemostatic, and capillary permeability-reducing properties, and stimulates the pituitary-adrenal system.

bubble_chart Supplementary Medicinals

Buffalo horn concentrated powder is a semi-concentrated powder of buffalo horn. Its function is the same as that of buffalo horn. Take as an infusion, 1.5-3g each time, twice daily.