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Immune System Function

The use of deer velvet antler by Koreans during winter as a tonic is likely to be at least partly due to its disease prevention efficacy. Although disease prevention could have a number of different causes, enhancement of the immune system function, in general, is a likely reason for this effect.

Traditional Chinese medicine suggests that deer velvet antler administration increases the number of red and white cells. Consequently a clear health benefit of deer velvet is as an immuno-stimulatory agent. This means that deer velvet antler could help to combat disease by improving the ability of the immune system to react to a challenge from pathogens.

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Immunological Rationale

The immune system is controlled largely by a special type of growth factors called lymphokine cytokines. Lymphkines are involved in the two major types of immune response, humoral (antibody formation) and cell mediated. It is believed that velvet antler acts primarily on the humoral immune system. Thus velvet antler promotes antibody production. The precise mechanisms are unknown but in view of the fact that white cell number are increased, one possible mechanism could be to increase the number of antibody secreting cells in response to a immune challenge from a pathogen.

Research Support

In traditional Chinese medicine deer velvet antler is frequently prescribed as a tonic in cases of stress and fatigue and for prevention of disease. Wang (1996) showed that pantocrine at a dose of 0.5-2mg/kg could stimulate the phagocytic function of macrophages in both normal and immune deficient mice. Taking the traditional use together with the Chinese data, it could be considered that velvet antler can act as an stimulator of the immune system.

Use Deer Velvet Antler to Boost Immune System Function

Therefore the peak time of year for taking velvet antler is in winter, when infections are most common, and potentiation of the immune function is warranted.

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