Dendrobium is not only beautiful in appearance, it can also be used as a medicine for the whole plant, but also as soup and ingredients for people to eat. So, what are the effects and functions of Dendrobium? How to eat?

First, what are the effects and functions of dendrobium?

1, lowering blood sugar

Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence of thirst disease (diabetes), mainly to the kidney yin deficiency, lungs and stomach early heat as the basic pathogenesis, to the qi and yin deficiency for its pathological characteristics, dendrobium since ancient times is the treatment of diabetes special medicine. Clinical studies have shown that Dendrobium not only enhances insulin activity, but also significantly reduces blood glucose levels and normalizes blood glucose.

2, tumor inhibition

Dendrobium has a strong anti-tumor activity on human lung cancer, ovarian cancer and early juvenile leukemia with killing effect of certain cells. Clinical practice shows that its use in the adjuvant treatment of malignant tumors can improve the symptoms of tumor patients, reduce the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, enhance immunity, improve the quality of life and prolong the survival time.

3, protect the liver and eyesight

Chinese medicine believes that the essence of the five viscera and six bowels are through the veins, injected in the eyes, and the liver? Opening in the eye? Eye physiology and pathology in the liver yin essence exuberant or not, dendrobium has nourishing yin nourishing purpose function, by generations of doctors as the maintenance of the eyes of the good products. Modern research has confirmed that dendrobium has a delaying effect on the prevention and treatment of common ophthalmic diseases in the elderly. Cataract not only has a delaying effect, can maintain the transparency of the lens thirty-six percent, and galactose due to abnormal changes in enzyme activity has inhibited or corrected.

4, prevention of rheumatism

Dendrobium contains mucus substances can play a role in lubricating the joints, and play a role in strengthening the bones.

5, the production of fluids

Dendrobium dendrobium has the role of fluids, mainly to promote the secretion of glands and organ movement.

6, enhancement of immunity

Dendrobium officinale granules (TPSH) can promote phagocytosis of macrophages, enhance the proliferation and differentiation of T lymphocytes and the activity of NK cells, and can significantly increase the serum hemolysin value of the tumor animals, suggesting that TPSH has a certain effect on the non-specific immune function or specific cellular immunity, as well as the function of the humoral immune system. have a certain enhancement effect.

7, tonifying the spleen and stomach

Dendrobium is a medicine for stomach and fluids. It has been recorded in Shennong Ben Cao Jing and Ben Cao Zaixin, and it is called ? Stomach and intestines medicine? , is a common medicine for treating gastric pain and epigastric pain. Modern medical experiments have confirmed that Dendrobium has a good inhibitory effect on Helicobacter pylori, a common causative agent in spleen and stomach diseases, which helps to treat atrophic gastritis, superficial gastritis, duodenal ulcer and other Helicobacter pylori positive conditions.

Second, how to eat dendrobium?

1, fresh eating

Fresh eating is to eat fresh dendrobium, fresh dendrobium consumption has clear heat, nourish yin, the role of the body fluid, can help to treat a variety of fever caused by the discomfort of the symptoms, but also can alleviate the symptoms of the fire and toothache, there are friends of such symptoms, you can try.

2, decoction

Dendrobium decoction is also a relatively simple way to eat. Just decoction soup consumption, the decoction time must be long, not less than 1 hour. If the decoction time is too short, it is difficult to give full play to the medicinal effect, and the effect will not be very good after consumption. The decoction has the effect of promoting digestion, and those with food accumulation can take it in decoction.

Although the efficacy and function of dendrobium is quite a lot, but its nature is cold, there are eating taboos, not to eat, not with radish, green beans, etc.; false and no fire, real heat evidence, thick and greasy tongue, bloating, avoid eating; warm disease should not be early, such as the early stage of a cold; wet temperature has not been transformed into a dry person to avoid eating; stomach cold people eat, more injuries to yang qi, and therefore also forbidden to serve.