In spring and autumn, when things are dry, people often feel dry mouth, nose, and eyes. At this time, if you use some Dendrobium officinale, it can moisturize and promote body fluids.
“Dendrobium officinale, Tianshan snow lotus, thousand-year-old ginseng, 120-year-old polygonum multiflorum, Poria cocos, cistanche, Ganoderma lucidum, sea pearls, and Cordyceps sinensis are the nine immortal herbs.” This was during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. The Taoist classic "Tao Zang" records the explanation of Tiepishi. Tiepishijie has been sought after by royal families and nobles throughout the ages, and is known as the "thousand-gold grass", "soft gold" and "plant gold". In ancient times, it was known as the "life-saving fairy grass" among the people.
Dendrobium officinale grows on semi-humid rocks in mountains at an altitude of 1,600 meters. Mainly distributed in Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places. Its stems are used as medicine and are yin-tonifying medicines among the tonic medicines: beneficial to the stomach and promoting fluid production, nourishing yin and clearing away heat.
Because of its magical and unique medicinal value and health care effects, Tiepishijie has been included in medical monographs and classics of the past dynasties and is regarded as "the best medicine". "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "It clears the stomach, removes deficiency heat, promotes body fluids, and uses it as a substitute for tea to whet the appetite and strengthen the spleen. It is called a treasure for nourishing yin and replenishing yin." This means that Tiepishijie can clear away the condition of yin deficiency and dryness and heat, thereby improving dry mouth, dry nose and dry eyes.
There are three ways to eat Dendrobium officinale:
1. Eat it fresh: Use fresh Dendrobium officinale stems, wash them and put them directly into your mouth to chew. It can nourish yin, strengthen the stomach and open the spleen.
2. Make tea: wash the stems or roots of Dendrobium officinale, brew with boiling water and drink. It can relieve dry mouth, nose, and eyes. You can also drink it with lily, Ophiopogon japonicus, etc. soaked in water. It produces fluid and quenches thirst, and has a good effect on lung and stomach injuries.
3. Juice: Take fresh Dendrobium officinale, peel off the skin, cut it into small sections, put it into a juicer to squeeze the juice and drink it. The juice of Dendrobium officinale has the taste of grass, and you can add honey or Concoction with rock sugar.
It should be noted that the dosage of Dendrobium officinale should not be too large, and the dosage should not exceed 15 grams per time, because although it nourishes yin and promotes body fluid, it has the property of nourishing greasiness. If it is used in large quantities, it will disturb the stomach and affect the body's health. Digestive function. In addition, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and those with yang deficiency and excess dampness should not take it.