The efficacy and function of grasshopper orchid

There are many kinds of common Chinese medicinal materials in life. Many people don’t know how to choose when using them, such as the grasshopper orchid. Therefore, before choosing, you need to have a certain understanding of its efficacy and dosage. So do you know what the efficacy and function of the grasshopper orchid are?

[Other names] Chicken leg lotus, crossing the end of the world, falling mountain foot, mountain betel nut, upper stone shrimp, stone wall wind, tiger tooth

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of the orchid plant Semi-column Orchidaceae.

[Original form] Semi-column hair orchid, an epiphyte, more than 20cm tall. The whole plant is hairless. Pseudobulbs are nearly aggregated, ovate or oblong, 2-6cm long, 1-3cm thick, with sheath-like leaves at the base. There are two terminal leaves, which are oblong or lanceolate, with acute tips and gradually narrowed bases into petioles. The peduncle is single, lateral to the top of the pseudobulb, and shorter than the leaves. The base is sheathed; the racemes are dotted; the bracts are extremely small; the flowers are yellow-green, and the lip is light white with purple spots; the middle sepal is ovate-triangular, about 1 cm long, 2 mm wide, and gradually pointed at the apex; the lateral sepals are sickle-triangular, wider than the middle sepals; the calyx sac is short and obtuse; the petals are narrowly lanceolate, nearly as long as the sepals, and 1.2 mm wide; the lip is 3-lobed, 7 mm long, the lateral lobes are semicircular, about 2 mm wide, the middle lobe is ovate-triangular, longer than the lateral lobes, and the upper surface of the lip disc has three folds running vertically from the base to the apex of the middle lobe.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: epiphytic on trees or on rocks under forests.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; neutral

【Functions and indications】Nourishes yin and clears away heat; promotes the production of body fluids and quenches thirst. It is used to treat heat diseases that damage body fluids; thirst; night sweats; tuberculosis; scrofula; sores and swellings.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

This article introduces some basic knowledge about the medicinal herb Grasshopper Orchid, which is very effective in treating some related diseases of the human body. Moreover, grasshopper orchid has a certain regulating effect on the body and can be consumed in moderation at ordinary times.