What are the effects and functions of Dendrobium?

Have you ever paid attention to and learned about the effects and functions of Dendrobium? In fact, it has a good effect of nourishing yin, clearing heat, moistening the lungs and nourishing the stomach. It is also used to treat symptoms such as heat disease damaging body fluid, dry mouth, cough and sputum.

1. Nourishing Yin and Essence

The Chinese Pharmacology Dictionary states that it "specializes in nourishing the qi and fluid of the lungs and stomach, and when the qi and fluid are prosperous, the kidney water is naturally produced." It is said that it is good at nourishing yin and producing body fluid, and treating various symptoms of yin deficiency and body fluid deficiency.

2. Enhance physical fitness

Dendrobium has the function of nourishing yin and blood. The "Medicinal Properties" of the Qing Dynasty said that Dendrobium can replenish the kidney and accumulate essence, nourish stomach yin, and increase qi and strength; Dendrobium contains rich polysaccharides. Experiments have shown that Dendrobium polysaccharides have the effect of enhancing immune function and can enhance the phagocytic ability of peritoneal macrophages on chicken red blood cells.

3. Nourishes the spleen and stomach

Dendrobium is a medicine that benefits the stomach and produces body fluid. It is recorded in "Shennong's Herbal Classic" and "Bencao Zaixin". People call it "gastrointestinal medicine" and it is a commonly used medicine for treating epigastric pain and upper abdominal distension. Modern experiments have confirmed that Dendrobium has a good inhibitory effect on Helicobacter pylori, a common pathogen in spleen and stomach diseases, and is helpful in treating Helicobacter pylori-positive diseases such as atrophic gastritis, superficial gastritis, and duodenal ulcers. At the same time, oral administration of Dendrobium decoction can promote the secretion of gastric juice, enhance the stomach's emptying capacity, and aid digestion.

4. Protect liver and promote bile secretion

Dendrobium has a good choleretic effect. Doctors of all dynasties have believed that "Dendrobium candidum" has the effect of nourishing liver yin and is an important medicine for treating various liver and gallbladder diseases. It can be used to treat hepatitis, cholecystitis, gallstones and other liver and gallbladder diseases. 5. Clear away heat

"Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Explanation of Materia Medica" respectively record "clears the stomach and eliminates empty heat" and "eliminates empty heat in the stomach and hemorrhoids." Compared with ordinary heat-clearing drugs, the false heat cleared by Dendrobium is completely a false heat, which is characterized by yin deficiency and excessive heat. Pharmacological experiments have shown that Dendrobium can significantly reduce the peak fever and temperature response index of heat-prone rabbits and shorten the heat-prone time.