What are the medicinal values ​​of orchids?

Orchid is one of the few common plants in daily life and is also a common herb. The petals of orchids are beautiful in color, mostly green and white or light yellow, and have a pure and fragrant smell. There are many varieties of orchids with different special effects. All of them can be used as medicine and have special medicinal value. So what are the medicinal values ​​of orchids? What are the benefits of orchids that people don’t know about?

Orchid: A perennial herb, a perennial flower, the flowers are solitary at the top of the flower stem or in racemes, mostly greenish white or light yellow, with a fresh fragrance, and the flowering period varies depending on the variety.

There are so many varieties of orchids, and the medicinal functions of different varieties of orchids are also different. For example, the whole plant of Bamboo Leaf Orchid can be used as medicine, which has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, eliminating rheumatism, and relieving inflammation and diuresis; another example is Bletilla striata, whose pseudobulb can be used as medicine, which can reduce swelling, stop bleeding, nourish the lungs, promote tissue regeneration and relieve pain. It can moisten the ribs and promote strength; it can also, like the fringed shrimp-back orchid, clear away heat and detoxify, strengthen the tendons and bones. In addition, most varieties of orchids, such as Tripterygium wilfordii, Green Spoon Orchid, Black Joint Grass, and Dendrobium, are excellent Chinese herbal medicines and have certain therapeutic effects on certain diseases.

【Abstract】 Objective To explore the clinical efficacy of orchid. Methods According to the nature, flavor and efficacy of orchids, patients with various symptoms were observed and treated. Results Orchid has certain therapeutic effects on yin deficiency, dry mouth and throat, chronic cough due to lung heat, edema caused by dampness and heat, stagnation of liver qi, and imbalance of qi and blood. Conclusion After more than ten years of clinical practice, orchids have a miraculous effect on the sequelae of diabetes after radiotherapy for malignant tumors, hemoptysis due to tuberculosis, chronic cough, urinary tract infection, leucorrhea, dizziness, etc.

The traditional Chinese orchid is a precious flower with a graceful posture and rich fragrance (the fragrance of the king). However, doctors of all dynasties have made few summaries on its medicinal value. The whole plant of orchid can be used as medicine. It is mild in nature, spicy, sweet and non-toxic. It has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, promoting diuresis and eliminating dampness, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It can be applied to various clinical internal and gynecological diseases. The author has used orchids to treat various diseases for more than ten years, with very good results, which are summarized as follows.

Nourishes yin fluid, promotes the production of body fluid and moistens dryness, and treats sequelae of dry mouth and thirst caused by radiotherapy for malignant tumors

[Ming] Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Orchid has a pungent, neutral, sweet and non-toxic smell." "Its smell is refreshing, it can promote the production of body fluids and quench thirst, moisturize muscles, and treat diabetes and gallbladder disease." "...the use of orchid leaves to treat diabetes and promote the production of body fluids is probably based on this." Modern medical science uses radium (cobalt 60) to perform radiotherapy on some malignant tumors or cancer after surgery, achieving certain therapeutic effects, but it causes a certain degree of damage to the tissues and organs near the tumor and affects their functions. For example, radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, salivary gland malignant tumors (mucoepidermoid carcinoma), upper and middle esophageal cancer, etc., causes damage to various glands in the oral cavity, especially the three pairs of large salivary glands of parotid, submandibular and sublingual glands, and the glandular cells of the upper gastrointestinal mucosa, resulting in a significant decrease in glandular secretion, and symptoms of upper thirst such as dry and burning throat, dry tongue and lips, and thirst.

In fact, the medicinal value of orchids is very extensive. Li Shizhen has recorded orchids in the Compendium of Materia Medica. Orchids have the effects of promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, clearing away heat and detoxifying. They have a special effect on the treatment of common pneumonia, nausea and vomiting and other diseases. Orchids themselves can regulate the stomach and intestines. If you have sinus cancer, gastroptosis, gastrointestinal indigestion and other diseases, you can decoct orchids for consumption.