What are the medicinal values ​​of Dendrobium?

I believe everyone is familiar with Dendrobium. Dendrobium is a common flower. We also call Dendrobium spider plant or Wanzhangxu. Dendrobium not only has good ornamental value but also has medicinal effects. Therefore, we must master the medicinal value of Dendrobium so that we can make good use of Dendrobium to serve us. In the following article, we will give you some popular science about the medicinal value of Dendrobium.

Dendrobium nobile Lindl, also known as Wanzhangxu, Chlorophytum, Linlan, and Jinchaihua, etc. The stem is erect, fleshy and thick, slightly flattened cylindrical, 10 to 60 cm long and up to 1.3 cm thick. Medicinal plant, sweet, mild and slightly salty in nature, cold in flavor, enters the stomach, kidney and lung meridians. 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 retching, deficiency fever after illness, and blurred vision. Dendrobium has elegant flowers, delicate and lovely shapes, bright colors and fragrant smell. It is known as one of the "four major ornamental foreign flowers".

1. "Nourishing yin and promoting fluid production" has always been considered the greatest medicinal property of Dendrobium officinale. Doctors in all dynasties have used Dendrobium officinale to treat diseases for its function of "nourishing yin and promoting fluid production", because improving the symptoms of yin deficiency in the human body is mainly achieved through "nourishing yin and promoting fluid production". Modern medical research results show that dendrobium extracted from Dendrobium officinale has the effects of lowering blood pressure, protecting blood vessels, and relieving fever and pain. Therefore, Dendrobium officinale is more commonly used in clinical Chinese medicine, and can better demonstrate its unique medicinal value.

2. The application of medicinal dendrobium was recorded as early as in the "Shennong Bencao Jing" in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The medicinal functions of dendrobium were recorded in many ancient Chinese medical works such as "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Dictionary of Chinese Medicine". For thousands of years, there has been a legend among the people in the south that when a critically ill patient is on the verge of death, people will try every means to risk their lives to pick "magic grass" from the cliffs, feed its juice into the patient's mouth, and bring the patient back to life. Although this statement has its legendary color, it is recorded that there is indeed such a medicinal herb known as the "life-saving magic grass" among the people. Its scientific name is "Dendrobium officinale". Modern medical research authorities have also found that Dendrobium can indeed improve the body's immune function and enhance disease resistance. It is a rare and precious Chinese medicinal material, and its uses and value will surely be recognized and applied by more and more people.

In the above article, we introduced what Dendrobium is. We know that Dendrobium is a common flower. Dendrobium not only has appreciation value but also has good health-care effects. Above, we introduced the medicinal value of Dendrobium in detail.