Fever with stomach yin deficiency impairing body fluid. This product is good at nourishing stomach yin, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, and clearing stomach heat. Indications are fever, polydipsia, black tongue coating, etc. It is often combined with Trichosanthis Radix, Radix Rehmanniae and Radix Ophiopogonis, such as the method of clearing heat and protecting body fluid in Treatise on Eating Diseases. For epigastric pain, swelling and pain of gums and sores on the mouth and tongue due to stomach heat and yin deficiency, it can be used with Sheng Di, Ophiopogon japonicus and Scutellaria baicalensis.

Kidney yin deficiency syndrome. This product can nourish kidney yin and reduce deficiency fire, and is suitable for the symptoms of kidney yin deficiency, such as dim eyes, flaccid bones and muscles, excessive fire due to yin deficiency, and bone steaming fatigue. For patients with deficiency of kidney yin and blurred vision, they are often used together with Lycium barbarum, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata and Semen Cuscutae, such as Dendrobium luminous pill (original microscope). Deficiency of kidney yin and weakness of bones and muscles are often combined with herbs for nourishing liver and kidney and strengthening bones and muscles such as Radix Rehmanniae, Cornus officinalis, Eucommia ulmoides and Achyranthes bidentata. For patients with kidney deficiency and excessive fire and bone steaming strain, it should be combined with herbs such as Radix Rehmanniae, Fructus Lycii, Cortex Phellodendri and Rhizoma picrorhizae for nourishing kidney yin and relieving deficiency heat.

Efficacy of Dendrobium candidum

Shennong Materia Medica in Qin and Han Dynasties records that Dendrobium candidum "mainly injures middle energizer, removes arthralgia, lowers qi, tonifies five internal organs, weakens body weight, strengthens yin, and takes thick stomach for a long time"; Taoist medical classic Daozang, written more than 1000 years ago, listed Dendrobium candidum as the first of the "Nine Immortals in China". In Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen commented that Dendrobium officinale "strengthens yin and essence, thickens the stomach, tonifies the stomach and flattens the stomach, grows muscles, improves intelligence, stops spasms and prolongs life"; Folk call it "life-saving fairy grass" The stem of modern Dendrobium candidum can clear away heat and promote fluid production, diminish inflammation and relieve pain, and clear throat, which has a good effect on hoarseness. Dendrobium has good anti-fatigue and anti-hypoxia effects. There are many kinds of Dendrobium candidum in pharmacies, and the prices are also cheap. They are usually served by aquatic plants. Only a few big brands can buy genuine Dendrobium candidum in China, and two old brands, namely Dendrobium candidum in Fulinmen and Tongrentang, are the most authentic. Tongrentang is the most expensive, beautifully packaged and suitable for giving gifts.

Therapeutic value

Stems of orchids such as Dendrobium candidum and Dendrobium candidum. Produced in the southwest and Guangdong, Guangxi, Anhui and other places. Most of them are harvested in autumn, dried and cut into pieces, or rarely used.

[Description] Sweet, slightly cold. It can nourish yin, clear away heat, benefit stomach and promote fluid production.

[References] Contains alkaloids such as dendrobine, mucilage and starch.

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

【 Usage 】 Used for body fluid injury caused by heat, low fever, polydipsia, red tongue with little fur; Deficiency of stomach yin, thirst and dry throat, vomiting and eating less, dull pain in epigastric cavity, pale tongue with little coating; Deficiency of kidney yin and blurred vision.

Edible method of Dendrobium

Stewed duck with Dendrobium sauce is a common way to eat. You can also make wine. Stewed meat can be added as an auxiliary material.

When stewing pork and chicken, you can add 10-20g Dendrobium, which can improve anemia symptoms if you eat it regularly.

Boil water into tea instead of soaking it in boiling water. Usually, Dendrobium must be cooked for 6~ 10 minutes at a time. Pay attention to slow fire and cook for a short time. Drink it immediately after the water is boiled, and add water while drinking. Dendrobium water is most nutritious when it is darkest. Don't waste water at this time. Usually Dendrobium water goes through a process from light to thick and then to light, and the aftertaste is also very long.

To treat pulmonary tuberculosis, wash and stew the duck for 30 minutes, then add Dendrobium and Lily, cook for 15 minutes, and add salt and monosodium glutamate. You can also wrap Dendrobium with cloth, put it in a pot with japonica rice and lean pork, add a proper amount of water, boil it with strong fire, then cook it with slow fire to make porridge, and eat it after seasoning with salt, and you can also get therapeutic effect.