The efficacy and function of Yunnan Dendrobium

Dendrobium officinale flower, also known as Dendrobium officinale, is recorded in "Shennong's Herbal Classic" and is listed as a fine product. It is a perennial woody plant and a Class II rare plant protected in China. It is known as the "Nine Great Immortal Grasses" together with precious medicinal materials such as rose, ginseng, and cordyceps. It is called the "panda cub of the medicine world" by the international medicinal plant community. It has very high nutritional value and its actual effects are as follows!

The efficacy and function of Yunnan Dendrobium:

1. Nourishes Yin essence

The Chinese Pharmacology Dictionary states that it "specializes in nourishing the qi and fluid of the lungs and stomach, and when the qi and fluid are prosperous, the kidney water is naturally produced." It is said that it is good at nourishing yin and producing body fluid, and treating various symptoms of kidney yin deficiency and body fluid deficiency.

2. Enhance immunity

Dendrobium candidum has the effect of nourishing yin and reducing fire. The Qing Dynasty's "Medicinal Properties" said that Dendrobium can tonify the kidney, strengthen yang, accumulate essence, strengthen the spleen, nourish stomach yin, and nourish blood. Dendrobium candidum contains rich nucleic acid substances. Experiments have shown that the sugar content in Dendrobium officinale has the effect of enhancing immunity and can increase the ability of abdominal macrophages to phagocytize chicken blood cells.

3. Nourishes the stomach and intestines

Dendrobium candidum is a medicine that nourishes the stomach, promotes the production of body fluids and quenches thirst. It is recorded in "Shennong's Herbal Classic" and "Bencao Zaixin". Ordinary people call it "gastrointestinal medicine". It is a common medicine for treating stomach pain and upper abdominal distension and pain. Modern experiments have confirmed that Dendrobium candidum has a good inhibitory effect on Helicobacter pylori, a common pathogen in gastrointestinal diseases, and is helpful in treating atrophic gastritis, superficial gastritis, duodenal ulcer and other Helicobacter pylori-positive symptoms. At the same time, oral administration of Dendrobium candidum decoction can promote the secretion of gastric acid, improve the stomach's excretion capacity, and promote digestion.

4. Nourish the liver and promote bile secretion

Dendrobium candidum has a good choleretic effect. Chinese medicine practitioners of all generations believe that "Dendrobium candidum" has the effect of nourishing liver yin and is an important medicine for treating various gallbladder and liver diseases. It can be used to treat hepatitis, cholecystitis, gallstones and other liver and gallbladder diseases.

5. Clear the internal heat

"Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Explanation of Materia Medica" each record "clears the stomach and eliminates virtual fire" and "empty fire in the stomach and hemorrhoids." Compared with general heat-clearing and detoxifying drugs, the virtual fire cleared by Dendrobium candidum is completely a virtual fire, which is characterized by kidney yin deficiency and excessive heat. Pharmacological experiments have shown that Dendrobium candidum can significantly reduce the peak fever value and body temperature response index value of heat-prone rabbits, and shorten the full heat time.

6. Strengthen bones and muscles

After people enter middle age, "the human yin energy is halved" (Zhu Danxi), the body's yin essence begins to decline, and the bone and tendon functions gradually decrease. Dendrobium can nourish the yin essence, and the yin essence can moisturize the joints, thereby strengthening the tendons and bones, lubricating the joints, and improving the anti-rheumatic effect. Modern pharmacological research shows that Dendrobium candidum can enhance stress response ability, has good fatigue relief and oxygen deficiency resistance.

7. Promote circulatory system

Dendrobium can nourish yin, moisten the meridians, soften blood vessels, and promote blood circulation. The experimental results show that Dendrobium candidum can significantly improve blood stasis symptoms, reduce blood cholesterol and triglycerides, increase the level of high-density protein cholesterol, and can treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

8. Lowers blood sugar

According to traditional Chinese medicine, the occurrence of diabetes mellitus is mainly based on liver-kidney yin deficiency and lung-stomach premature ejaculation, with qi and yin deficiency as its pathological characteristics. Dendrobium can nourish yin, clear away heat, detoxify and moisten the lungs, and has been a special medicine for the treatment of diabetes since ancient times. Clinical experiments have shown that Dendrobium candidum can not only improve the specificity of insulin glargine, but also significantly lower blood sugar levels and restore blood sugar levels.

9. Suppress tumors

Dendrobium candidum has a killing effect on some cells of lung cancer, ovarian cancer and promyelocytic leukemia in the human body, and has a strong anti-tumor specificity. Clinical medical research shows that Dendrobium candidum can be used as an auxiliary treatment for malignant tumors, which can improve the symptoms of cancer patients, alleviate the side effects of radiotherapy, enhance immunity, improve the quality of life, and prolong survival time.

10. Bright Eyes

According to Chinese medicine, the essence of the five internal organs is injected into the eyes through the meridians, and the liver "connects to the eyes". The physiology and pathology of the eyes are closely related to the abundance of the liver's yin essence. Dendrobium candidum has the function of nourishing yin and eyes, and has been regarded as a top-grade product for maintaining eyes by generations of Chinese medicine practitioners. Modern pharmacological research has confirmed that Dendrobium candidum not only has a mitigating effect on the prevention of cataracts, a common eye disease in the elderly, but can also maintain the clarity of the eye lens by 36%, and it can also inhibit or correct abnormal changes in enzymatic reactions induced by galactose.

11. Moisturizes the skin

After entering middle age, the body's Yin resources are depleted, which accelerates skin aging, causing it to darken or wrinkle. Dendrobium candidum contains a lot of mucus, which has a nourishing effect on the human skin.

12. Prolong life

"Shennong's Herbal Classic" lists Dendrobium officinale as a product and medicine with the effect of "benefiting the body and prolonging life". Modern research shows that Dendrobium candidum contains a variety of nutrients, which are closely related to human health. The anti-aging effect of Dendrobium candidum on the body is more extensive and comprehensive than that of general drugs.