The role and efficacy of Dendrobium

Dendrobium is a very common plant in our lives. It not only has bright and beautiful flowers, but also has high medicinal value. It can treat many diseases. It is a very effective thing. But what are the effects and functions of Dendrobium? Everyone wants to know very much. So let us take a detailed look at the effects and functions of Dendrobium.

I believe we don’t know much about Dendrobium. Dendrobium is a very common thing. It can bring great help to human health and can also be used as medicine. So let’s take a detailed look at the functions and effects of Dendrobium.

The role of Dendrobium

Deficiency of stomach yin and loss of body fluid due to febrile disease. This product is good at nourishing stomach yin, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and can also clear stomach heat. It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as damage to body fluid caused by fever, thirst, dry tongue and black coating. It is often used together with Radix Trichosanthis, fresh Rehmannia glutinosa, Ophiopogon japonicus, etc., as in the method of clearing away heat and preserving body fluid in "Treatise on Seasonal Diseases". It can be used together with raw rehmannia, ophiopogon japonicus, scutellaria baicalensis, etc. to treat epigastric pain, swollen and painful gums, and mouth ulcers caused by stomach heat and yin deficiency.

Kidney Yin deficiency syndrome. This product can nourish kidney yin and reduce false fire. It is suitable for symptoms such as blurred vision, weak muscles and bones, yin deficiency and excessive fire, bone steaming and fatigue fever caused by kidney yin deficiency. For those with kidney yin deficiency and blurry eyes, it is often used together with wolfberry, rehmannia root, dodder seed and other products, such as Shihu Yeguang Pills (Yuan Ji Qi Wei). For those with kidney yin deficiency and weak tendons and bones, it is often used together with cooked rehmannia, cornus officinalis, eucommia ulmoides, Achyranthes bidentata and other products that can nourish the liver and kidneys 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 kidney yin and reduce deficiency heat.

Effects of Dendrobium

The "Shennong Bencao Jing" from the Qin and Han Dynasties recorded that Dendrobium candidum "treats injuries, eliminates numbness, relieves gas, replenishes the five internal organs, treats fatigue and emaciation, strengthens yin, and thickens the stomach and intestines after long-term use"; the Taoist medical classic "Daoist Canon" written more than a thousand years ago listed Dendrobium candidum as the first of the "Nine Immortal Herbs of China"; Li Shizhen evaluated Dendrobium candidum in "Compendium of Materia Medica" as "strengthening yin and benefiting essence, thickening the stomach and intestines, replenishing internal deficiencies, calming stomach qi, growing muscles, improving intelligence and eliminating shock, lightening the body and prolonging life"; the people call it "life-saving immortal herb". The stems of modern Dendrobium can clear away heat and promote body fluid, reduce inflammation and relieve pain, and moisturize the throat, and have a very good effect on treating hoarseness. Dendrobium has good anti-fatigue and hypoxia resistance effects. There are many varieties of Dendrobium officinale in pharmacies, and they are cheap. They are often disguised as aquatic plants. There are only a few big brands in China where you can buy real Dendrobium officinale. The two old brands, Fulinmen Dendrobium officinale and Tongrentang, are the most authentic. Tong Ren Tang has the most expensive price and the packaging is more beautiful, making it suitable for gift giving.

Dietary value

The stems of many types of Dendrobium, such as Dendrobium officinale and Dendrobium candidum, which are herbaceous plants of the Orchidaceae family. It is produced in Southwest China, Guangdong, Guangxi, Anhui and other places. It is mostly harvested in autumn, dried and cut into sections, or used fresh.

[Properties] Sweet in taste, slightly cold in nature. It can nourish yin, clear away heat, benefit the stomach and produce body fluid.

[Reference] Contains bioalkalis such as dendrobium, mucus, starch, etc.

It has certain antipyretic and analgesic effects; it can promote gastric juice secretion and aid digestion; it has the effects of enhancing metabolism and anti-aging.

[Use] It is used for heat damage to body fluid, low fever, thirst, red tongue with little coating; insufficient stomach yin, thirst and dry throat, vomiting and loss of appetite, dull pain in the stomach, bright tongue with little coating; insufficient kidney yin and blurred vision.

Through the introduction in the above article, I believe everyone has a certain understanding of the role and efficacy of Dendrobium. Dendrobium is very helpful to human health, so everyone should be able to actively pay attention to this plant. We must understand the role and efficacy of Dendrobium clearly so that we can eat it better.