Single Herbs

Category	Bu Xu Yao 補虛藥
Sub Category	Bu Yin 補陰
Name	Shi Hu 石斛 Dendrobium
Grown	Central and south China.
Source	Dried root of Dendrobium nobile Lindl and its family.
Ingredients	Dendrobine, Nobiline, Dendrine, Nobilonine, 6-Oxydendroxine, Denbrobium N-oxide
Pharma Effect
Properties	Sweet, slightly cold
Channels	Stomach, kidney
Function	Clears heat, nourishes yin, tones stomach, generates saliva, clears lungs and nourishes stomach. It is particularly helpful in cases of yin deficiency, red tongued, no tongue coating, and with insufficient saliva.
Clinic Usage	For warm-febrile disease which injures internal liquids, thirst, irritability, and consumptive fever after illness.
Cautions
Dosage	6~12g. 15~30g if using fresh herbs. To use with other herbs, this herb should be decocted before adding others. To use it alone, it should be decocted for extended hours.
Storage	Store in a dry, well-ventilated place.