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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
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