摘要 |
PURPOSE:To provide a health food having high nutrient and tonic effect and containing the horn of reindeer as an essential component. CONSTITUTION:The born of young male reindeer (animal of Cervidae family, Artiodactyla: breeded for work in the Arctic region, North Europe and North Asia) of 2-3 years oil is cut off or the reindeer is slaughtered, the horn attached to the skull is bleeded without delay and dried. The obtained horn is pulverized and used as a raw material of the food. As an alternative method, the horn is extracted with water or a hydrated lower alcohol, concentrated or pulverized by freeze-drying to obtain a compounding raw material, mixed with other diluents and additives, etc., and used in the form of a health food such as powder, granule, tablet, drink, refreshing drinking water, etc. It is administered in a dose of 100-5,000mg of dried raw material powder per day. EFFECT:It has analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, growth-promoting and hematogenic activities. The unkeratinized horn can be surely and stably obtained as a raw material. |