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Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Dendrobium nobile Lindl.; Dendrobium loddigesii Rolfe; Dendrobium fimbriatum Hook. var. oculatum Hook.; Dendrobium chrysantum Wall.; Dendrobium candidum Wall. ex Lindle. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Dendrobium nobile Lindl.*; Dendrobium linawianum Reichb. f.; Dendrobium officinale K. Kimura et Migo; Dendrobium moniliforme (L.) Sw.; Dendrobium hercoglossum Reichb. f.; Dendrobium aduncum Wall. et Lindl.; Dendrobium wilsonii Rolfe; Dendrobium hancockii Rolfe; Dendrobium lohohense Tang et Wang; Dendrobium loddigesii Rolfe*; Dendrobium bellatulum Rolfe; Dendrobium fimbriatum Hook. var. occulatum Hook.*; Dendrobium fimbriatum Hook. var. occulatum Hook.*; Dendrobium chrysantum Wall.*; Dendrobium candidum Wall. ex Lindle.*

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Sweet, bland, and salty*; cold*.

Actions and indications: Nourishes stomach yīn; calms stomach counterflow; eliminates vacuity heat; quiets the spirit-mind.* Treats depletion of fluids and vacuity fire after sand (shā) and pox; depletion of true yīn; persistent stomach heat.*

Dosage and method: Oral: Warm (30–120g).

See: Shí hú (石斛 Dendrobii Herba, dendrobium)

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