Uses and edible methods of Dendrobium

In daily life, how do we eat Dendrobium officinale? How can different ways of eating it promote our physical and mental health? How can it fully exert its effects in food? Dendrobium candidum has the effects of nourishing yin and reducing fire, nourishing yin and clearing away heat, and is a traditional Chinese medicine health product with high oral value. So, what are the main uses and ways to eat Dendrobium candidum?

The main uses of Dendrobium candidum

1. Stomach yin deficiency and heat syndrome causing loss of body fluid. This product is good at nourishing stomach yin, nourishing yin and reducing fire, and can also clear stomach heat. It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as heat syndrome damaging body fluid, thirst without appetite, dry tongue and black coating. It is often used together with Radix Trichosanthis, Fresh Rehmannia Glutinosa, Ophiopogon japonicus, etc., as described in the method of clearing away heat, detoxifying and preserving body fluid in "Treatise on Seasonal Diseases". It can be used together with raw rehmannia, ophiopogon japonicus, bupleurum and other products to treat stomach and wrist pain, swollen and painful gums, and mouth ulcers caused by stomach heat and yang deficiency.

2. Liver and kidney yin deficiency syndrome. This product can nourish the insufficient kidney yang and reduce deficiency heat. It is suitable for symptoms such as blurred vision, weak bones and tendons, yin deficiency and excessive fire, bone steaming and fatigue fever caused by insufficient kidney yang. For those with insufficient kidney yang and blurred vision, it is often used together with wolfberry, rehmannia glutinosa, dodder seed, etc., such as Shihu Yeguang Pills (Yuan Ji Qi Wei). For those with insufficient kidney yang and weakness of bones and tendons, it is often used together with Rehmannia glutinosa, Cornus officinalis, Eucommia ulmoides, Achyranthes bidentata and other products that can replenish the deficiency and strengthen the tendons and bones. For those with kidney deficiency, hyperactivity of fire, bone steaming and fatigue fever, it is advisable to use it together with raw rehmannia, wolfberry, phellodendron, picrorhizome and other products that can nourish the insufficient kidney yang and reduce the virtual fire.

How to eat Dendrobium

1. Eat fresh - Take a few fresh dendrobiums, clean the channels and chew them carefully. They taste sweet and slightly sticky, refreshing and delicious. You can swallow the remaining residue. (Effects: Strengthens yin and kidney, invigorates spleen and stomach.)

2. Decoction: Wash, chop or smash the ginseng, put it in water and simmer for 30 minutes on low heat. Then add 1-2 grams of Korean ginseng and cook for another 30 minutes. You can decoct it repeatedly and take it with the residue. Zhang Xichun, a famous modern Chinese medicine doctor, said: "Dendrobium can withstand the longest time of decocting, so it should be cut into pieces and decocted first to get the true taste" (Effects: nourishing yin and blood, clearing away heat and detoxifying.)

3. Make tea: wash and slice, mix with boiling water and drink. It can be mixed repeatedly and taken with the residue. (Effects: Strengthen the spleen and stomach, stimulate appetite, reduce internal heat and promote qi circulation, and has obvious effects on chronic pharyngitis.)

4. Boil the paste - wash, chop or smash, add other Chinese herbal medicines, boil the juice in water, boil it twice, discard the residue and extract it with low heat, then add old rock sugar, boil it again into a paste and introduce it. (Effects: It has obvious effects on symptoms such as muscle strain and weakness, joint pain, fatigue, and night sweats.)