Dendrobium (Shihu)
Pharmaceutical Name: Herba Dendrobii
Botanical Name: 1. Dendrobium nobile Lindl.; 2. Dendrobium
loddigesii Rolfe.; 3. Dendrobium
candidum Wall. ex Lindl.; 4. Dendrobium
chrysanthum Wall.; 5. Dendrobium
fimbriatum Hook. var. oculatum Hook.
Common Name: Dendrobium
Source of Earliest Record: Shennong
Bencao Jing.
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The stems are gathered in the period between summer and
autumn, dried in the sun and cut into pieces.
Properties & Taste: Sweet and
slightly cold.
Meridians: Lung and kidney.
Functions: 1. To tonify the yin and
clear heat; 2. To promote the production of body fluids and nourish the stomach.
Indications & Combinations:
1. Yin consumed by febrile diseases or
deficient yin in the stomach manifested as dry tongue, thirst and red tongue
proper with scanty coating. Dendrobium (Shihu) is used with Ophiopogon root
(Maidong), Glehnia root (Shashen) and Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang).
2. Afternoon fever caused by deficient yin
and internal heat. Dendrobium (Shihu) is used with Fresh rehmannia root
(Shengdihuang), Swallowwort root (Baiwei) and Asparagus root (Tianmendong).
Dosage: 6-15 g.
Cautions & Contraindications: This
herb should be cooked first before the other herbs are added to the decoction.
It is contraindicated for a person in the early stage of febrile disease.
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