Can I eat Dendrobium candidum during menstruation?

Can you eat Dendrobium officinale during menstruation? When it comes to this question, many people may not know the answer. In fact, the main reason is that many people do not know much about Dendrobium officinale, and many people have never seen it at all. In fact, many times, in addition to these reasons, it is also caused by some related reasons of menstruation.

Menstruation is a period that most women have to go through, and for many women this period happens every month. In fact, this is just an objective fact. There are many aspects that women need to pay attention to during their menstrual period, the most common of which is diet. So, let’s talk about whether you can eat Dendrobium officinale during menstruation.

Dendrobium officinale (scientific name: Dendrobium officinale Kimura et

Migo), also known as black knot grass and Yunnan iron skin. It is a perennial epiphytic herb belonging to the order Microspermales and the family Orchidaceae. The stem is erect, cylindrical, 9-35 cm long and 2-4 mm thick. The sepals and petals are yellow-green, nearly similar, oblong-lanceolate, about 1.8 cm long and 4-5 mm wide. The flowering period is March to June. It is mainly distributed in Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places in China. Its stem is used as medicine, and it belongs to the yin-tonifying medicine among tonic medicines: it benefits the stomach and produces body fluid, nourishes yin and clears away heat.

Nature, flavor and effects: sweet, slightly cold.

It produces fluid and nourishes the stomach; nourishes yin and clears away heat; moistens the lungs and benefits the kidneys; improves eyesight and strengthens the waist.

Pharmacological Action

Body-stimulating effect: Dendrobium officinale has a body-stimulating effect, which mainly promotes glandular secretion and organ movement.

Hypoglycemic effect: Dendrobium candidum can reduce the blood sugar level of diabetes induced by streptozotocin.

Enhance the body's immunity: Dendrobium officinale granules (TPSH) can promote the phagocytic function of macrophages in tumor-bearing animals, enhance the proliferation and differentiation of T lymphocytes and the activity of NK cells, and can significantly increase the serum hemolysin value of tumor-bearing animals, indicating that TPSH has a certain effect on improving nonspecific immune function, specific cellular immunity and humoral immune function.

Dendrobium candidum has the effect of nourishing yin, so it is helpful to take it during menstruation.

Therefore, women who are menstruating can drink Dendrobium officinale, and under normal circumstances, eating Dendrobium officinale during menstruation still has a certain yin-nourishing effect. Having said that, it is best not to consume too much Dendrobium officinale during menstruation, as this has many bad effects on women's bodies. I hope everyone can pay attention to this.