The effects of Dendrobium and American ginseng Can Dendrobium and American ginseng be taken together
May 22, 2023
I usually see a lot of middle-aged and elderly people drink water with Dendrobium and American ginseng, I would like to ask if Dendrobium can be eaten together with American ginseng. What is the effect of Dendrobium and American ginseng?
Can I take Dendrobium and American ginseng together?
Yes, you can.
Dendrobium is sweet in taste, cold in nature, enters the kidney and stomach, can nourish the kidney yin, reduce the deficiency fire, benefit the stomach and produce fluid; American ginseng is cool in nature, sweet in taste, slightly bitter, has the effect of nourishing the yin, benefitting the qi and producing fluid, etc. Both have no obvious toxic side effects, and there is no obvious conflict between the medicinal properties and efficacy, so Dendrobium can be eaten together with American ginseng.
Dendrobium plus the efficacy of American ginseng
Nourish Yin and reduce fire
Dendrobium can be used to treat the deficiency of kidney yin, such as: yin deficiency fire, waist and knee soreness, blurred vision, etc. It can also help to treat gum swelling and pain, redness and swelling of eyes, etc.
Benefit the stomach
The active ingredients of Dendrobium can promote gastric juice secretion, enhance intestinal peristalsis, promote intestinal digestion, help soften stools and promote defecation; the active ingredients of Dendrobium have a certain inhibitory effect on Helicobacter pylori, and can assist in treating superficial gastritis and duodenal ulcer.
Tonifies Qi and nourishes Yin
It can help to benefit lung yin, clear deficiency fire, produce fluid and relieve cough, which is good for cough with deficiency of lung, dry throat and thirst, and tiredness with deficiency heat.
Improve immunity
Dendrobium contains polysaccharide substances, which can help enhance the immune function of the immune cells of the human body; American ginseng has the effect of nourishing qi and nourishing yin, and the active ingredients can promote the synthesis of serum protein, bone marrow protein and organ protein, so Dendrobium and American ginseng together can help improve the immunity of the human body and strengthen the body.
Lowering sugar and fat
Dendrobium can nourish liver yin, protect liver and bile, and the active ingredients in it can help blood circulation and reduce the content of cholesterol and triglyceride in blood; it can also enhance the activity of insulin in the body and help reduce blood sugar; and the active ingredients in American ginseng can regulate insulin secretion and promote sugar metabolism and fat metabolism, so eating Dendrobium and American ginseng together can help reduce blood sugar and blood lipid level in human body and improve the symptoms of diabetes and hyperlipidemia. Improve the symptoms of diabetes and hyperlipidemia.
Dendrobium and American ginseng can be eaten
Dendrobium and American ginseng boiled water
Ingredients: 10 grams of Dendrobium, 5 grams of American ginseng.
1, put Dendrobium ironbark and American ginseng in a pot.
2, add appropriate amount of water and boil it on high heat.
3, cook for about 30 minutes more on low heat.
4、After cooling slightly, you can drink as tea.
Dendrobium and American ginseng soup
Ingredients: one earth chicken, 10 grams of Dendrobium, 10 grams of American ginseng, the right amount of ginger, the right amount of salt.
1、Treat the chicken cleanly and chop it into pieces.
2、Blanch the chicken in boiling water for 5 minutes, take it out and wash it.
3、Put the chicken pieces, Dendrobium iron, American ginseng and ginger into the stew pot.
4、Boil on high heat, then change to low heat and stew for about 1-2 hours.
5, finally add salt to taste.
Eat dendrobium plus American ginseng to pay attention to what
1, dosage
It is generally recommended that the dosage of Dendrobium is 6-12 grams, and the dosage of American ginseng is 3-9 grams. Dendrobium is cold in nature, and overdose stimulates the gastrointestinal tract, which may cause vomiting, diarrhea, loose stools and other gastrointestinal reactions; overdose of American ginseng may stimulate the nerves, causing nervous excitement, resulting in mood irritability, insomnia and other symptoms.
2, should not be eaten with radish
Western ginseng has a tonic effect, radish can drain the gas, will strengthen the intestinal peristalsis, Dendrobium, Western ginseng and radish with food will reduce the efficacy of both.
3, do not drink strong tea or coffee
The tannic acid in tea and caffeine in coffee will destroy the active ingredients of Dendrobium and American ginseng and affect the efficacy of Dendrobium plus American ginseng, and it is generally recommended to use tea and coffee after 2-3 days.
4, American ginseng non-deficiency do not supplement
If there is no obvious discomfort, it is not recommended to take American ginseng, as the saying goes, "medicine is three points of poison", but blindly take medicine is not conducive to health.
5、Prevent allergy to American ginseng
Some people may have allergic reactions to American ginseng, such as: chills, abnormal body temperature, abdominal pain and diarrhea, and even worse, red rash or blisters on the arms and legs; if you are not sure whether you are allergic or not, you can take a small amount first and observe for about 1-2 hours, if there is no discomfort, then continue to eat.
Eat dendrobium plus western ginseng contraindicated people
1, the spleen and stomach cold
Dendrobium is cold in nature, the spleen and stomach cold people eat dendrobium may aggravate the stimulation of the stomach and intestines, triggering or aggravating diarrhea, loose stools, bloating and other uncomfortable symptoms, so it is recommended that people with a cold spleen and stomach should not eat dendrobium.
2, the early stage of the disease Yin is not injured
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 eating dendrobium but will nourish too much yin, leading to aggravation of the disease, so it is recommended that the early stage of the disease yin is not injured people should not eat dendrobium.
3, wet temperature disease is not dry people
Because the dendrobium has the effect of nourishing yin, dizziness and swelling, chest tightness, urine and other symptoms of dampness and warmth, but the symptoms of dryness and heat should not eat dendrobium, so as not to cause excessive nourishment of yin, so that the symptoms of dampness and warmth aggravate or lead to delayed healing, so it is recommended that the dampness and warmth disease is not dry should not eat dendrobium.