Dendrobium can be eaten during breastfeeding, but it needs to be used under the guidance of a doctor.
Dendrobium belongs to a traditional Chinese medicine, which has the effect of nourishing yin and clearing heat (nourishing yin essence and clearing away heat), benefiting the stomach and generating fluids (nourishing the stomach by replenishing the fluids in the stomach), and it can be used to treat dry mouth and irritable thirst, fluid injury of fever, stomach yin insufficiency (insufficient yin fluids in the stomach), deficiency of deficiency and heat that does not go away after illness, low food and dryness and vomiting, deficiency of yin and fire, darkness and uncertainty of the eyes, bone steam and laborious heat, impotence of the tendons and bones and so on.
Lactating women can take Dendrobium under professional doctor’s guidance if the above symptoms occur. Since Dendrobium is slightly cold in nature, it is forbidden to take Dendrobium for those who have deficiency without fire, those who have spleen and stomach deficiency with cold, those who have loose stools and those who have thick and greasy tongue coating, and those who have dampness-heat and warm-heat diseases should be cautious of taking Dendrobium.
In addition, Dendrobium can not be used with stiff silkworm, Ba Dou, Lei Pill at the same time, in the period of taking medicine should avoid the use of radish, green beans and other foods, so as not to affect the therapeutic effect of the drug. And Dendrobium should not be taken in excess or for a long period of time, so as not to cause loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and other adverse reactions.
Breastfeeding women need to strictly follow the doctor’s instructions, not blindly used on their own, in order to avoid adverse consequences.