Shi Hu
Name: Dendrobium Stem
Pinyin: Shi Hu
Pharm. Name: Herba Dendrobii
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
|
Sweet |
Nourish yin of stomach and kidney, clear heat of stomach and descend kidney fire |
Kidney |
6-20g |
Description:
This herb is good for patients with Stomach yin deficiency syndromes and Kidney yin deficiency syndromes. It is indicated for low fever, thirst, dryness in mouth and throat, discomfort, and slight or burning pain in stomach and abdomen due to stomach yin deficiency with heat. Furthermore, it is indicated for bone-steaming tidal fever due to yin deficiency with effulgent fire, or dim and poor vision, atrophy-flaccidity of tendon and bone due to kidney yin deficiency, because it can nourish kidney yin and descend deficiency fire. It should be combined with yin-nourishing, kidney-tonifying and symptom-suiting herbs.