How to store Dendrobium ironbark How long to store Dendrobium ironbark

Dendrobium is a health and wellness herb that many people often eat in their lives, and some people buy a lot at once, so how do you store Dendrobium?

How to preserve Dendrobium ironbark

Iron skin food is an herbal medicine, which contains more moisture, so pay attention to moisture when preserving to prevent mold.

Fresh dendrobium

1, fresh dendrobium can first control the surface moisture, and then directly placed in a ventilated and dry place for preservation. 2, fresh dendrobium can be packed in plastic bags, directly in the refrigerator refrigerated storage, the recommended temperature is about 3-5 degrees Celsius.

Dried dendrobium

1, dry dendrobium can be directly bagged (no need to tie the bag), put in a cool and ventilated place can be. 2, you can dry the dendrobium thoroughly or dry the moisture, then put it in a glass jar, seal it and put it in a cool and ventilated place.

Dendrobium how long to keep

Fresh dendrobium

Fresh dendrobium can generally be stored for about 1 week, but it is the same as other fresh fruits and vegetables, should not be stored for a long time, so as not to lose nutrients and affect the medicinal effect.

Dried dendrobium

Generally, if the dried dendrobium is well preserved and there is no moisture and mildew, it can usually be preserved for about 1-2 years.

Dendrobium can be eaten after a long time

If the dendrobium is put for a long time, but there is no moisture and mold, or can continue to eat. If the surface of the dendrobium has mold or mold spots, it is not recommended to continue eating, because the mold produced by the human body may lead to nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other discomfort, is not conducive to human health.

Dendrobium how to choose

Because of the high medicinal value of dendrobium, there are usually many businesses will use dendrobium or other herbs to counterfeit dendrobium, or substandard as good, the following is about the selection method of dendrobium.

Fresh dendrobium

Dendrobium is mostly spiral or spring-shaped, the stem is green or red, the length and diameter is smaller than ordinary dendrobium, the smell is light, the taste is light, there is a faint vanilla breath, chewing sticky; ordinary dendrobium or fake dendrobium is mostly cylindrical or flat cylindrical, chewing the same sticky, but no vanilla breath, the taste is slightly bitter, there is sweetness.

Dried dendrobium

The dried dendrobium is generally brownish-yellow and dough-shaped, you can unscrew it after wetting it when selecting, the real dendrobium is made of dendrobium curled without dissecting, and the counterfeit dendrobium can be found more dissected in two halves or several parts after unscrewing.

What should we pay attention to when eating Dendrobium ferruginum

1, dosage

When eating dendrobium, pay attention to the dosage, it is generally recommended that the dosage of fresh dendrobium is about 15-30 grams, the dosage of dried dendrobium is 6-12 grams, the dosage is too little to achieve the medicinal effect, the dosage is too large, the cold nature of dendrobium may lead to loose stools, diarrhea symptoms.

2, the spleen and stomach cold people should not eat

Dendrobium is cold in nature, the cold in the stomach and spleen is relatively heavy, after taking dendrobium will aggravate the gathering of cold, the original diarrhea, loose stools and other symptoms aggravated.

3, the early stage of the disease Yin is not wounded people should not eat

Because the dendrobium nourishing yin effect is strong, in the early stage of the disease, there is no great thirst, sweating and other loss of yin, eat dendrobium but will nourish too much yin, thus leading to aggravation of the disease.

4, wet and warm disease is not dry people should not eat

Dampness and warmth disease is not dry refers to dizziness and swelling, chest tightness, urine and other symptoms of dampness and warmth, but not yet dryness and heat symptoms, because the dendrobium has the effect of nourishing yin, serving, may lead to excessive nourishment of yin, so that the dampness and warmth symptoms aggravate, and lead to delayed healing.