According to the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, dendrobium is used to benefit the stomach, nourish yin and clear heat. It is used for fever and fluid injury, dry mouth and thirst, lack of gastric Yin, less food and dry vomiting, not retreating after illness, yin deficiency and fire, bone vapor and consumptive fever, dark and unclear eyes, and weak muscles and bones".

So multi-functional boils down to two words: yin. Whether it is a fever, or thirst, blurred vision, as long as it is a deficiency of yin and fluid scarcity is suitable for the use of dendrobium.

In addition to its medicinal use, Dendrobium is also able to regulate the body's immune function, improve fatigue, lower blood pressure, lower blood sugar.

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Selecting Dendrobium:

1, chewing without dregs, viscous: "no dregs" and "viscous" is synonymous with quality Dendrobium. The industry often use these words to describe the good quality of dendrobium. The so-called "no dregs" refers to the low fiber content, fresh stem is brittle, easy to break; "viscous" reflects the high content of polysaccharide in the dendrobium characteristics.

2, soft foot and hard foot: "soft foot" and "hard foot" is another traditional way of evaluating the quality of dendrobium. Soft foot represents good quality dendrobium, its fresh product is thicker, less fiber, after baking will become soft; while hard foot is more slender, more fiber, after baking will become harder.

3, red rod and green rod: stem color is purple-red, or even crimson, on behalf of the Dendrobium excellent quality, good appearance, the price is expensive, the industry is usually referred to as the "red rod dendrobium"; and the color of yellowish-green or greenish, is of poor quality, bad appearance, the price is low, so this kind of Dendrobium is known as the "green rod dendrobium". The color is yellowish green or greenish, the quality is poor, the price is low, so this kind of dendrobium is called "green pole iron skin".

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