What are the benefits of eating purple dendrobium?

Dendrobium officinale is a kind of plant medicinal material. Generally, Dendrobium officinale will bloom and have a fragrant smell. It can also be used as medicine to treat some physical diseases. It can also be directly washed and used to soak in water for drinking. It can also be made into medicinal food to treat diabetes and improve diseases such as stomach cold.

Purple Dendrobium is a type of plant of the genus Dendrobium in the Orchidaceae family, represented by Dendrobium dentifolium; Dendrobium dentifolium, also known as purple orchid, is a plant of the Orchidaceae family. The purple-skinned Dendrobium that has been processed by artificial rubbing is called purple-skinned Dendrobium.

In addition to being used as a medicinal raw material to extract Dendrobium extract, Purple Dendrobium can also be processed into Purple Dendrobium, which doubles its value. Purple Dendrobium that has passed organic food certification is a hot-selling product in the market. Dendrobium officinale is mainly suitable for the elderly, diabetics, those with weak constitutions, and those who engage in nightlife, smoke and drink excessively, and has significant effects. However, it is forbidden for those who are in the early stage of fever and whose yin has not been damaged, those who have damp-heat disease and have not turned into dryness, and those who have weak spleen and stomach (referring to those with too little gastric acid secretion) to take it.

1. How to eat Dendrobium officinale

Purple Dendrobium, a plant of the genus Dendrobium in the orchid family, which can be used as both medicine and food, is often used to make soup or added to some ingredients to make a medicinal diet. Dendrobium officinale has many functions. It is not only a food and medicine, but also a medicinal material for internal and external use. If taken internally, it can be used to make tea. If used externally, it can be made into medicinal food for consumption. All in all, Dendrobium officinale is a very good food ingredient.

If it is fresh Dendrobium, you can directly soak it in hot water and drink it after washing. You can also add wolfberry, longan, red dates and the like to it. You can also squeeze juice: take an appropriate amount of fresh dendrobium, wash it clean; put it into a juicer and add water; start the juicer for 3-5 minutes to allow the nutrients to be fully squeezed out; pour it out and drink it, and add an appropriate amount of honey or rock sugar according to personal preference.

Purple Dendrobium can also be used to make soup: wash the Dendrobium, local chicken and wolfberry and set aside; chop the local chicken into pieces and put it into clean water to boil, and remove the floating blood foam; after boiling over high heat, put it into a stew pot and simmer over low heat; when the chicken is soft, add the Dendrobium and salt to taste; simmer for 30 minutes.

In addition to making soup, we can also use purple dendrobium to soak in wine: wash the dendrobium with cold boiled water and soak it together with other materials (60 grams of Rehmannia glutinosa, 30 grams of Achyranthes bidentata, 20 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, 20 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 5 grams of wolfberry, and 10 liters of white wine) in wine with an alcohol content of more than 40 degrees. It can be eaten after 3 months. Dendrobium soaked in wine has the effects of nourishing the kidney and yin, producing essence and dispelling wind.

2. The efficacy and function of purple dendrobium

Not many people know about Dendrobium officinale. Even if they have seen it, they may not be able to call out its name. The two more common types of Dendrobium are Dendrobium officinale and Dendrobium candidum. Although these two types of Dendrobium are both types of Dendrobium, their effects and functions are different. Here we come to understand the specific effects and functions of purple dendrobium!

Dendrobium officinale is slightly cold in nature, sweet in taste, and enters the stomach and kidney meridians. It can be used externally to treat bruises, fractures and sprains; taken internally it can treat itchy throat and cough. It benefits the stomach, produces body fluid, nourishes yin and clears away heat. It is used for yin damage and body fluid deficiency, dry mouth and thirst, poor appetite and dry retching, deficiency heat after illness, and blurred vision. It has a certain antipyretic and analgesic effect. Not only that, Dendrobium officinale can also promote the secretion of gastric juice and aid digestion; it has the effects of enhancing metabolism and anti-aging.