In recent years, Dendrobium officinale and Fengdou have been very popular.
This is another magical plant that has been advertised as having numerous effects-enhancing immunity, resisting aging, protecting liver and gallbladder, reducing three highs and resisting rheumatism-and almost all chronic diseases can be solved.
Since it is so good, the price cannot be lower.
However, it is still the same sentence. The more God is passed on, the more attention should be paid to whether there are any problems in it.
What is Dendrobium?
Dendrobium refers to a large class of plants belonging to the genus Dendrobium of Orchidaceae. There are more than 1,000 species in the world and 76 species in China.
Among them, Dendrobium officinale and Dendrobium huoshanense, which are often heard, are most often used as medicines and health products.
Dendrobium officinale is also known as one of the “Nine Fairy Grasses in China” and enjoys the same reputation as Saussurea involucrata, Ginseng, Polygonum multiflorum, Poria, Ganoderma lucidum, Pearl and Cordyceps sinensis.
As for the so-called “tin Fengdou”, there is no record in ancient books, and it was not mentioned in the “Chinese Pharmaceutical Dictionary” until the 1930s. Modern Fengdou generally refers to the product processed from the stem of Dendrobium.
What are the effects of Dendrobium?
According to ancient literature, it was not traditional Chinese medicine but Taoism that first listed Dendrobium as a “fairy grass”.
Dendrobium generally grows on inaccessible cliffs and is difficult to pick.
Receiving the aura of heaven and earth, absorbing the essence of sun and moon, biological habits are mysterious.
Taoist priests believe that this kind of plant can only be eaten by immortals, so it can cultivate immortals and prolong their life, and then various magical functions will come into being.
Clear the stomach, remove deficiency heat, promote fluid production and strain. Instead of tea, it can stimulate appetite and invigorate spleen. The work is the same as ginseng. Calming convulsion and treating wind can relieve saliva and phlegm. Relieve summer heat, sweet fragrance and reduce qi.
In order to [meet] the needs of modern health care, the saying handed down in this way has been translated into [lowering blood sugar, lipid and blood pressure, enhancing immunity, benefiting joints, regulating liver and stomach, coping with soreness of waist and knees, delaying aging, and even preventing cancer].
Does that really work?
Let’s take a closer look at the composition of Dendrobium.
Modern research shows that there are mainly two types of [bioactive] components in Dendrobium, one is [water soluble polysaccharide] and the other is [phenanthrene compound].
1. Water soluble polysaccharides
Polysaccharides are carbohydrate substances widely existing in animals and plants, mainly providing energy or constituting biological structures. Starch is the most common kind of polysaccharides.
The [water-soluble polysaccharide] contained in Dendrobium is glucomannan. This polysaccharide is widely found in the stems of Dendrobium, as well as! Straw, seed coat, nut shell, corn cob.
Yes, they are all ordinary things.
Glucomannan is decomposed into glucose and galactose after entering the human body.
Yes, it is the most common thing.
2. Phenanthrene compound
Phenanthrene compounds contained in Dendrobium mainly include drumstick phenanthrene and mauranin.
Some studies have found that this kind of substance has [anticancer effect]. In some mouse experiments, it has been shown to inhibit the growth of liver cancer cells, but there is no clinical trial based on human body.
The conclusion of cell experiment and animal experiment is that there is still a long way to go before it is effective on human beings, and it cannot be determined that it is effective on human beings.
If the conclusions of cell experiments and animal experiments can be directly applied to the human body, the problem of curing cancer has long been solved.
In addition, the dose of [phenanthrene] applied to mice in the study is very large. If people take the same dose, they need to eat nearly 100 tons of Dendrobium candidum every day.
Yes, nearly 100 tons.
Then, the price of Dendrobium is now around 10 yuan per gram. Calculate?
On the one hand, modern research shows that the medicinal value of Dendrobium is basically zero, and there is no basis for describing the medicinal value of Dendrobium in traditional Chinese medicine classics.
On the other hand, Dendrobium officinale has long been listed as an endangered plant in the “China Plant Red Book”. Although it is planted artificially, most of the Dendrobium varieties advertised as “better curative effect” are picked from the wild. In many places, the wild Dendrobium is on the verge of extinction.
An endangered plant is not particularly good for human health in what and is not cheap.
Do you want to buy food, don’t you think?
I hope everyone can look at nutrition and health products scientifically and buy and take them reasonably. Only in this way can they not only spend less money, but also really benefit their bodies.
After reading it, the judgment of “whether to buy it or not” will naturally be clear.
Editor: Dr. Clove
On the one hand, modern research shows that the medicinal value of Dendrobium is basically zero, and there is no basis for describing the medicinal value of Dendrobium in traditional Chinese medicine classics.
On the other hand, Dendrobium officinale has long been listed as an endangered plant in the “China Plant Red Book”. Although it is planted artificially, most of the Dendrobium varieties advertised as “better curative effect” are picked from the wild. In many places, the wild Dendrobium is on the verge of extinction.
An endangered plant is not particularly good for human health in what and is not cheap.
Do you want to buy food, don’t you think?
I hope everyone can look at nutrition and health products scientifically and buy and take them reasonably. Only in this way can they not only spend less money, but also really benefit their bodies.
After reading it, the judgment of “whether to buy it or not” will naturally be clear.
Editor: Dr. Clove