How to eat dendrobium

1. Eat it raw

Take some fresh dendrobium, wash it completely and chew it in your mouth. It tastes sweet and slightly sticky at first. When it is fresh and refreshing, just swallow the remaining residue.

2. Make soup

(1) Take fresh dendrobium, wash it and remove some old roots.

(2) Chop or break the washed dendrobium, and then add water to the pot (put an appropriate amount of water according to the proportion of soup you drink).

(3) Fry over slow fire for 30 minutes.

(4) After that, add 1-2 grams of American ginseng and cook for 30 minutes to complete.

(5) Note: It can be re-cooked 2-3 times and eaten even with residue. Zhang Xichun, a famous doctor in modern times, said: "Dendrobium officinale is the most durable for frying. It should be split and fried first to get the true flavor."

3. Make tea

(1) Take the dendrobium bought from the drugstore and wash it to remove impurities.

(2) Cut into thin slices or break into particles.

(3) Boil water above 90 degrees and brew.

(4) Wait 4-5 minutes before drinking.

(5) It can be brewed repeatedly and eaten even with residue.

4. Boil the ointment

(1) Wash the dendrobium and remove impurities.

(2) Chop or beat into pieces.

(3) Add water to simmer (other Chinese medicinal materials can be added). The water ratio is 3:1, that is, 3 bowls of water to boil one bowl of water. 4) Fry twice in a row, discard the residue and use low heat. Concentrate, add rock sugar, and continue to boil until it becomes a paste.

5. Soak in medicinal wine

(1) Wash to remove impurities.

(2) Cut into thin slices or break into pieces.

(3) Soak it in wine with a temperature of over 40 degrees as a single flavor or together with other ingredients, without adding other seasonings.

(4) It can be eaten after 3 months.

6. Eat delicious food

(1) Wash to remove impurities.

(2) Cut into thin slices or break into particles.

(3) Combine dendrobium with whole chicken or whole duck.

(4) Add a little wine (two small spoons), half a piece of ginger, and no other ingredients.

(5) Simmer together for 2-3 hours (check when chopsticks can be easily inserted into the meat).

(6) Add salt, sugar, etc. according to personal taste and consume it evenly (according to traditional Chinese medicine, it is generally not recommended to add other ingredients, especially sugar, as it will affect the absorption of the medicine).

(7) Boil dendrobium over a slow fire and take the juice for later use. Add other raw materials to make porridge, soup, soup, etc.

Efficacy and functions of dendrobium

1. Eaten raw, its effects are: strengthening yin and replenishing essence, appetizing and strengthening the spleen.

2. Make soup, efficacy: nourishing qi, nourishing yin, clearing away heat.

3. Make tea. Efficacy: appetizing and strengthening the spleen, reducing fire and regulating qi, and has significant effect on chronic pharyngitis.

4. Boil the ointment. Efficacy: It has a significant effect on symptoms such as fatigue due to strain, multiple joint pains, physical fatigue, and night sweats.

5. Soak in medicinal wine, efficacy: nourishing kidney and yin, producing essence and dispelling wind.

6. Eat delicious food. Effects: Nourishing yin and promoting body fluids, relieving common physical deficiency symptoms such as deficiency heat, light sweating, muscle and bone aches.