There is no such thing as the best combination of American ginseng and dendrobium in water. The two can be used for qi deficiency and yin deficiency, qi deficiency and fluid injury, and fever and fluid injury and other diseases.
American ginseng belongs to the heart, kidney, lung meridian, sweet taste, slightly bitter, cool, have the effect of generating fluids and clearing heat, replenish qi and nourish yin, can be used for the deficiency of heat and fatigue, deficiency of qi and yin, phlegm and blood coughing and wheezing; deficiency of qi and fluids injury, internal heat and thirst (internal fever accompanied by symptoms such as overeating, drinking, and urinating), dry pharynx and mouth, etc.. It should not be taken by those who have cold and dampness in the stomach and whose yang (yang qi of the spleen and stomach) is weakened, and it should not be used with quinquefolium.
Dendrobium belongs to the kidney and stomach meridians, the taste of the medicine is sweet, the nature is slightly cold, it has the efficacy of clearing heat and nourishing yin, benefiting the stomach and generating fluids, it can be used for yin deficiency and fire exuberance, impotence of tendons and bones, deficiency of kidney yin, darkness of the eyes and uncertainty; dryness and vomiting with little food, fluid injuries in heat illnesses, deficiency heat that does not subside after illnesses, insufficiency of gastric yin (insufficiency of yin in the stomach), dryness and thirst. This product is not to be taken by those who have not yet transformed warmth and heat into dryness and injury to the body fluid, and should not be used early in warm-heat diseases.
American ginseng and dendrobium are usually used in decoction, and the adverse effects are not clear. The active ingredient of drinking water is limited, and generally does not achieve the therapeutic effect. If the patient is not feeling well, please go to the hospital, the drug needs to follow the doctor’s instructions for rational use.