One of the major reasons why Dendrobium flowers are slow to become known is that they are low yielding and very precious, and are only occasionally recorded in the history of royalty and nobility.
Dendrobium flowers belong to the orchid family, the flowers are very beautiful, the flowers are usually yellow-green, there are a small number of spots on the petals. If a large area is planted with dendrobium, you can smell the faint fragrance when it blooms, and it is the blooming period of dendrobium flower in May and June every year, which is very beautiful. Wild Dendrobium is on the verge of extinction due to the difficulty of natural reproduction, coupled with the slow growth and development of Dendrobium, small leaf area, low photosynthetic intensity, and very strict requirements for warm, humid climate conditions. Compared with dendrobium, dendrobium flowers are even more precious, about 100 grams of dendrobium in order to harvest 1 gram of dendrobium flowers, can be said that the real one in a hundred. Rare is precious, dendrobium flower production is low, not to mention, in the cultivation and harvesting requirements are also very high. Compared to Dendrobium, it is even more difficult to keep the flowers of Dendrobium. First of all, the short flowering period of Dendrobium, must be picked at the right time. If the picking is too early, it will make the medicinal power insufficient, and if the picking time is late, it may lead to the dendrobium flower rot. Therefore, the season of harvesting Dendrobium flowers is just one or two months every year. Whenever dendrobium flowers are on the market, if you can buy some dendrobium flowers to drink, not only the taste is the best, but also the health benefits are the strongest.
The efficacy and role of dendrobium flowers are mainly the following:
1Effects and role 1: enhance physical fitness dendrobium flowers have the function of nourishing yin and nourishing the blood.2Effects and role 2: anti-aging dendrobium flowers and very good medicinal value, dendrobium flowers can be very good nourish yin and moisten the lungs, nourish the stomach to produce fluids, eyesight and clearing the heat, dendrobium flowers and enhance the immune system, anti-aging effects.3 Efficacy and effect 3: spot beauty due to the pharmacological composition of dendrobium flowers, creating a dendrobium flower "strange flowers in the face" of the name, every day adhere to drinking dendrobium flowers can be anti-aging, reduce pigmentation, prolonging the efficacy of life.4 efficacy and effect 4: reduce blood sugar dendrobium flowers can nourish yin and clear dryness, since ancient times is the treatment of high blood sugar, the special medicine. The special medicine for high blood sugar. Clinical studies have shown that dendrobium flowers can not only enhance insulin activity, but also significantly reduce blood sugar levels, so that blood sugar returns to normal.5Effects and Roles5: Dendrobium flowers are beneficial for respiratory diseases, diabetes, chronic hepatitis, chronic gastritis and so on.
What's more, the most significant effect of dendrobium flowers is to relieve depression, can make people feel cheerful, dendrobium flowers are more able to relieve mental stress, easy to fatigue, irritable mood, depression and other symptoms. Modern people work pressure, socialize more, diet and life is not regular, coupled with now more and more hot weather, people are easy to irritability, depression, fatigue, bowel movement, bad color, etc., often take dendrobium flowers can be very good to improve these symptoms.
6 efficacy and role 6: inhibit tumors, dendrobium flowers on lung cancer, ovarian cancer and early granulocytic leukemia and other malignant tumors of certain cells have a killing effect, has a strong anti-tumor activity. Clinical dendrobium flowers are used for adjuvant treatment of malignant tumors, dendrobium flowers can improve the symptoms of patients with tumors, reduce the side effects of radiotherapy, chemotherapy, dendrobium flowers can enhance immunity, improve the quality of life, prolong the survival time.7 Effects and Roles 7: Brighten the eyes dendrobium flowers have the function of nourishing yin and nourishing the eyes, has been used by successive generations of medical practitioners as a good care of the eyes. Modern pharmacological research has confirmed that dendrobium flowers have a significant effect on the prevention and treatment of cataracts in old age and the protection of children's eyesight.8 Effects and Roles8: Wake up the brain Dendrobium flowers have preserved the original efficacy of dendrobium stems, the taste is light and clear, can be relieved of depression, and does not hurt the stomach, with the characteristics of the "light and Yang rising and dispersing". In layman's terms, the dendrobium flower itself is light in texture, and the chemical constituents contained in it are mostly volatile oils with volatility. Dendrobium flower can keep the minds of over-exerted people awake, relieve the pressure of people under stress, and soothe those who are depressed, and those who are irritable can get peace of mind.
Mastered the efficacy and role of dendrobium flowers, dendrobium flowers how to eat is good? Here are several ways to eat dendrobium flowers:
1 dendrobium flowers edible method 1: bubble or boil drinking water alone can be brewed, do not add other tea, according to personal taste can be appropriate to add a little rock sugar, soak and drink to the flavorless can also be taken out of the flower chewing.
2 dendrobium flower edible method 2: dendrobium flower and scallop in chicken 1. Chicken washed and chopped pieces of blanching; scallop and jujube with water to soak soft; dendrobium flower with water to soak soft, soak dendrobium flower of water do not pour out.
2. Put the chicken, scallop, dendrobium flower, red dates, ginger into the electric casserole, add the water of dendrobium soaking for 2 hours.
3. Add an appropriate amount of salt to taste.
3 Dendrobium flowers consumption method 3: dendrobium flowers dragon bone soup 1. Rinse the cavity bone with water. Soak the dendrobium flowers, Gorgonzola and wolfberries in water for about 2 minutes, then rinse and drain and set aside. Peel the sweet corn, remove the whiskers and wash, cut into small pieces.
2. Put the cavity bone into the soup pot, add enough water, do not cover the lid, high heat heating, a few minutes, with a spoon to skim off the foam, put the dendrobium flowers, Gorgonzola, wolfberry and dried scallops, turn to low heat for 1 hour.
3. Put in the corn pieces, and then continue to cook with low heat for 1 ? hours, add salt can be.
4 dendrobium flower edible method 4: dendrobium flower steamed chicken 1. dendrobium flower wash clean in advance, soak until soft; red dates to remove the core and cut into small pieces; ginger cut into julienne strips; chicken chopped into small pieces, put it into a large bowl, add the right amount of salt, sugar, cornstarch, soy sauce seasoning marinade for 10 minutes; dendrobium flower, red dates, shredded ginger into the chicken, mix well and serve on a plate. (Do not like sweet dishes can be omitted do not red dates, white sugar just a little bit of good, used to refresh just)
2. Boil a pot of water, water boiled, put the chicken into the steaming grid, high-fire steaming for about 12 minutes, turn off the fire and then simmer for 5 minutes and then out of the pot.
3. You can sprinkle a bit of chopped green onion on it according to preference for more flavor.