Experimental Research on Enhancing Musk Yield by Using Chinese Medicine Including Chinese Ginseng
[Objective] The purpose was to explore the feasibility of enhancing musk yield through utilizing Chinese medicine.[Method] With Chinese veterinary theory as direction, a group of Chinese prescription was designed for feeding artificial rearing male Moschus berezovskii in the experiment.[Result] The average fresh musk yield of tested midaged M.berezovskii was 13.93 g and the tested Chinese prescription had good effect on recovering their ability of producing musk.Compared with the control group, the average musk yield of the group being fed before musk secretion was decreased by 38% and that of the group being fed during the whole process was decreased by 32%.Compared with the group being fed during the whole process, the average fresh musk yield of the group being fed before musk secretion was decreased by 39.6%.The musk secretion time and duration of testing group and control group were essentially consistent.The tested Chinese prescription extremely significantly enhanced the musk yield of midaged M.berezovskii, but had no significant influence on the musk yield of healthy M.berezovskii in the prime of musk secretion.[Conclusion] This Chinese prescription had healthy function on midaged male M.berezomkii, but had negative influence on the musk secretion function of healthy M.berezovskii.
Formulated Chinese medicineMoschus berezomkiiAverage musk yield