Dendrobium and Ganoderma lucidum are two traditional Chinese medicines, Dendrobium has the effect of benefiting the stomach and generating fluids, nourishing yin and clearing heat, and Ganoderma lucidum has the effect of replenishing qi and tranquilizing the mind, relieving cough and asthma.
Dendrobium is sweet and slightly cold. It belongs to the stomach and kidney meridian. It has the relationship of benefiting the stomach and generating fluid, nourishing yin and clearing heat. It is often used in treating symptoms of heat illness with fluid injury, dry mouth and thirst, insufficient stomach yin (insufficient yin fluid in the stomach), and dry vomiting with little food. It is not recommended for those who have not injured their yin in the early stage of warm-heat disease, those who have not turned dry in wet-warm disease (warm disease caused by feeling dampness and heat), and those who have deficiency of cold in the spleen and stomach.
Ganoderma lucidum is sweet in flavor and flat. It belongs to heart, lung, liver and kidney meridians. It has the effect of tonifying qi and tranquilizing the mind, relieving cough and asthma, and is often used in treating symptoms such as restlessness, insomnia and palpitation, cough and asthma in lung deficiency, shortness of breath in fatigue, and inability to think about food and drink.
When using Chinese herbs, it is necessary to do so under the identification of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner and take it according to the doctor’s instructions to avoid physical discomfort.