Dendrobium officinale

Dendrobium officinale

HerbaDendrodiiOfficinalis

Officialdendrobium stem

[alias] Cymbidium goeringii and Herba Sarcandrae.

[source] it is the stem of Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo.

[plant morphology] the stem is cylindrical, 15-50cm high and 4-8mm thick. The leaf sheath is oblong to 0.2 cm in length, lanceolate, 3.5 cm to 0.5 cm in length. The raceme grows in the middle of leafy or leafless stem, with 2-4 flowers; the flowers are light yellow green, slightly fragrant; the sepals are 1.2-2cm long; the petals are shorter than the sepals, the labial petals are ovate lanceolate, 1.3-1.6cm long, 7-9mm wide, the apex is acuminate or short acuminate, there are round purple patches in the middle near the upper part, and yellow callosum in the middle near the lower part. The flowering period is from April to June.

On trees and rocks. More processing into maple bucket.

[character] the stem is cylindrical, 15-50cm in length, 1.5-3mm in diameter, and 1-4cm in internode length. The surface is yellow, the base is slightly glossy, with longitudinal lines, and there are peduncle marks and residual leaf sheaths on the nodes; the leaf sheaths are shorter than the internodes, often leaving annular space with the upper internodes, brown, and the sheath mouth is open. It is hard and brittle, easy to break, with fibrous section. The diameter of fresh stem is 3-6 mm, the surface is yellow green or black green, and the leaf sheath is gray white. The Qi is weak and the chewing is sticky.

[chemical constituents] the stem contains polysaccharides, etc.

[nature, taste and function indications] the same as Dendrobium nobile.

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