Dendrobium, the name of Chinese medicine. Also known as Dendrobium orchid rhyme, immortal grass, resurrecting grass, purple fairy plant, spider plant, forest orchid, forbidden life, etc. It is the fresh or dried stem of the orchid plant Dendrobium nobile Lindl., Dendrobium chrysotoxum Lindl. or Den-drobium fimbriatum Hook. and its similar species of the same genus. The stem is erect, fleshy, slightly flat, cylindrical, 10 to 60 cm long and 1.3 cm thick. Dendrobium flowers are elegant, exquisite and cute, with bright colors and fragrant smell. It is known as one of the "four major ornamental foreign flowers".
Nature, flavor, and meridians: Sweet, slightly salty, cold, and returned to the stomach, kidney, and lung meridians.
Effects: Benefit the stomach, promote fluid production, nourish yin and clear away heat.
Clinical names include dendrobium and fresh dendrobium. It is often used for fever, body fluid injury, dry mouth and polydipsia, insufficient stomach yin, retching after eating less, deficient heat that persists after illness, yin deficiency and excessive fire, bone steaming and labor heat, blurred vision, weak muscles and bones.
Related discussions in ancient Chinese medicine books
"Shen Nong's Materia Medica": sweet and flat. Mainly used to treat injuries and remove paralysis. It lowers Qi, nourishes the weak and thin due to deficiency of the five internal organs, and strengthens Yin. Long-term use can strengthen the intestines and stomach.
"Compendium of Materia Medica": Dendrobium has a flat qi, a sweet, light and slightly salty taste, and the yang in the yin is descending. It is a medicine that is sufficient for Taiyin spleen and Shaoyin right kidney. Master Shen said: If there is less dampness and essence in the cyst, and there is residual urine, it should be added. Method 1: For every two qian, add a piece of ginger, boil it in water, and drink it instead of tea. It can clear the lungs and nourish the spleen.
Treatment of fever, spontaneous sweating, carbuncle, pus discharge and internal congestion.
"Compendium of Materia Medica": Dendrobium is endowed with the Yang Qi in the soil, and it also senses the harmonious Qi of spring to produce it, so its taste is sweet and flat but non-toxic. The qi is thin and the taste is thick, which is the yin in the yang. Enter the foot Yangming, foot Shaoyin, and also start the Shaoyin. Sweet can remove heat, sweet can help the spleen, sweet can benefit blood, flat can lower qi, thick taste can benefit yin qi, so it mainly hurts the middle and lowers qi, tonifies the five internal organs and is weak due to fatigue, strengthens yin and replenishes essence, and tonifies the internal organs. Definitely not enough, it calms the stomach qi, builds muscles, long-term use strengthens the intestines and stomach, lightens the body and prolongs life. For calming the mind and eliminating panic, it can enter the stomach, kidney, heart, spleen, and replenish the four meridians, and then all diseases caused by the four meridians can be cured. Gai has the power to benefit the spleen, stomach, kidney and heart. It is also mainly used to remove paralysis and expel pathogenic heat and prickly qi from the skin, as well as pain in the feet and knees, cold paralysis and weak people. It can also remove dampness from the spleen and stomach meridians.
"Jingyue Quanshu": There are two kinds of this medicine, both of which have weak potency. The round, thin and fleshy one has a slightly sweet and bland taste, and its potency is particularly weak. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: The round and thin ones are the best. It is also said to replenish essence and strengthen yin, strengthen tendons and replenish deficiency, strengthen the feet and knees, drive away cold paralysis, relieve panic and palpitations, and calm the mind. But this substance has the weakest nature and flavor, how can it be so nourishing? However, it is flat, large and loose, shaped like a hairpin, and has a rather bitter taste. It can be used to remove the fire of the spleen and stomach, eliminate noise, hunger, and heat accumulated in the camp. Its nature is light, clear and mild, and it has the wonderful ability to be decomposed easily, so it can quell fire, nourish yin and eliminate troubles, clear the lungs and lower qi, and relieve thirst and hot sweat. However, various schools claim that it strengthens the intestines and stomach, strengthens the Yang Dao, and warms the internal organs. How can it be said that it has a bitter and cool nature and taste? It must be distinguished.
"Compendium of Materia Medica": sweet, light, slightly salty, slightly cold. Clear away the deficient heat in the stomach and eliminate the evil heat in the skin. Those who are empty but have fire are suitable.
"Compendium of Materia Medica": Dendrobium is used as a kidney medicine, a lung medicine, a spleen medicine, and a gastrointestinal medicine. Various schools of thought have different opinions, but the salty and unkind medicines have some omissions. Hereby I will collect all the theories and make up for their shortcomings. It is still the purpose of "Ben Jing" and "Bie Lu", and it is proved by dredging. Dendrobium grows by using water and stones. If the stone splashes water to irrigate the dendrobium, the dendrobium grows because of the stone. The stone belongs to gold, and it should be in the lungs, and the Qi should be flat and enter the lungs. Water should be in the kidneys, and it is to draw kidney yin to supply the lungs. The growth of Dendrobium does not require fiber soil, but its taste is sweet and light, so it has the right quality of middle soil. Its color is yellow and it is responsible for the nobleness of hardware. It is suitable for the stomach as Wu soil and belongs to Yangming Zaojin. It and the lungs are responsible for the downward movement, so it is used , each connected to the lungs and stomach. But if you are endowed with earthly virtue, how can you have nothing to do with the spleen? If the lungs, stomach, and large intestine all have qi flowing straight down, how can you have nothing to do with the large intestine. This is why Dendrobium enters the kidneys, lungs and stomach and also enters the spleen and large intestine. Dendrobium has the special effect of metal water, and the two words "Qiangyin" in "Ben Jing" are sufficient to cover the entire quantity. The so-called yin is neither cold nor warm. If it is used for warmth, the person who is warm will be cold; if it is used for cold, the person who is cold will be warm. "Bie Lu" eliminates the pathogenic heat and prickly heat of the skin, which is warm and cold.
To treat pain in the feet and knees, cold paralysis is weak, and those who are cold are also warm. It is better to use "Herbal Classic" to eliminate paralysis and replenish deficiency. How to get rid of paralysis? It transports Qi due to deficiency of essence, so that kidney yin can be relieved from the upper part and lung yin can be lost from the lower part. How to make up for the deficiency? The cloth is sticky and greasy, so that those who are shaken will be settled, and those who are shaken will be relaxed. Therefore, if the lungs and stomach are harvested, the qi will be lowered and the qi will be calmed down, and if the spleen is harvested, the dendrobium will grow in length, which will be beneficial to both removing paralysis and tonifying deficiency. If it is used specifically to remove paralysis and replenish deficiency, then the shortcomings should be discarded and the strong points should be taken into account, and the preparations should be done in a proper way.
Kou Zongshi said: It is effective in treating deficiency heat in the stomach. Lei Jiao said: The husband's vitality is astringent. After playing with these two theories, we know that it should not be used if it has excessive heat and is intended to facilitate urination. If you have internal injuries or external sensations due to rough work, you can rely on them, and you can easily write them. I don't know if it is used incorrectly for internal injuries, the failure will only be ineffective; if it is applied incorrectly for external symptoms, it will inevitably lead to closed evil.
Modern pharmacological research
1. Dendrobium contains components that resist lipid peroxidation and inhibit aldose reductase, and have delaying and therapeutic effects on galactose cataracts.
2. Dendrobium can inhibit the heart and dilate blood vessels.
3. Dendrobium has a certain promoting effect on gastrointestinal function.
4. Dendrobium has certain analgesic and antipyretic effects.