The source is from the horn of Bubalus bubatis L., family Bovidae. The buffalo horn is soaked in warm water, dredged up, cut into pieces and then dried in the sun.
Medicinal Properties:
Salty in flavor, cold in nature and attributive to the heart, liver and stomach meridians.
Actions:
Clear away heat and relieve toxin, and cool the blood.
Application
1. For seasonal febrile diseases involving yingfen and Xuefen with fever, restlessness, coma, delirium, crimson tongue or with eruptions and macules.
2. For blood-heat syndrome with bleeding.v