Dendrobium (Shihu)
Pharmaceutical Name: | Herba Dendrobii |
Botanical Name: | Dendrobium nobile Lindl Dendrobium loddigesii Rolfe. Dendrobium candidum Wall. Ex Lindl Dendrobium chrysanthum Wall. Dendrobium fimbriatum Hook. Var. oculatum Hook. |
Common Name: | Dendrobium |
Source of Earliest Record: | Shennong Bencao Jing |
art 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 and Taste: | Sweet and slightly cold |
Meridian: | Lung and kidney |
Functions: | To tonify the yin and clear heat To promote the production of body fluids and nourish the stomach |
Indications and 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. *Use with Ophiopogon root (Maidong), Glehnia root (Shashen) and Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang). 2. Afternoon fever caused by deficient yin and internal heat. *Use with Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang), Swallowwort root (Baiwei) and Asparagus root (Tianmendong). |
Dosage: | 6-15 g |
Cautions: | 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. |