There is no such statement that women should not take deer antler, as long as there are indications for deer antler, i.e., kidney yang deficiency, etc., the drug can be used for treatment.
Deer antler belongs to the yang tonic medicines, sweet and salty in flavor, warm in nature. It belongs to the kidney and liver meridians. It has the efficacy of strengthening kidney yang, benefiting essence and blood, strengthening muscles and bones, regulating Chong Ren, and supporting sores and poisons.
It can be used to treat kidney yang deficiency, essence and blood deficiency, impotence and spermatorrhea, uterine cold and infertility, lethargy, fatigue, coldness, vertigo, tinnitus, deafness, lumbar and spinal cold pain, impotence and weakness of muscles and bones, leakage and subluxation, and yin and gangrene (a general term for a group of slow-acting negative sores and ulcers), which do not converge and other diseases.
Clinically, not only men will be yang deficiency, women may also appear yang deficiency, if women show lumbar and knee pain and weakness, face 晄white, urine clear and long, frequent, loose stools, uterine cold and infertility, cold hands and feet, dizziness, tinnitus and deafness, etc., you can use antler to treat.
Deer antler can also be used for treating disintegration (excessive or spotty menstrual flow), diarrhea, irregular menstruation, and dysmenorrhea caused by deficiency and coldness of the flushing and renal veins (deficiency of yang qi that cannot warm the flushing and renal veins).
However, because of the strong yang tonic effect of deer antler, the dosage needs to start from a small dose and should not be used in cases of heat or yin deficiency. Specific medication should follow the doctor’s prescription.