Does Gastrodia have seeds? Price per jin, consumption and benefits explained
Gastrodia, also known as Chi Jian, Mu Pu, Ming Tian Ma, Ding Feng Cao Gen and so on, is a common orchid family plant in our country, and is widely cultivated because of its high medicinal value, so does Gastrodia have seeds? How much is it per jin? Can it be eaten? What benefits does it have?
Gastrodia is a perennial herbaceous plant, and Gastrodia seeds are the fruit of Gastrodia, which can be eaten and used as medicine. Gastrodia seeds can nourish the blood and calm wind, and fight against wind-cold. They are mainly used for people with weak constitution, insufficient qi and blood, and those who are prone to attacks of cold and wind-cold. They are usually used for dizziness and headache, migraine, vertigo, and cough with phlegm after catching cold, to dispel wind and relieve pain. People with weak liver function can also use Gastrodia seeds for improvement. In addition, for some young people who develop premature graying of hair, increasing the content of antioxidants in the body also has a certain counteracting effect, preventing the growth of white hair.
Gastrodia seed price:
The price of Gastrodia seeds is around 40 to 50 yuan per jin. The market value of Gastrodia seeds is mainly determined by the quality of the seeds, mainly depending on whether they are wild, purebred, or black-red hybrid Gastrodia seeds. Usually wild Gastrodia seeds are more expensive than both purebred and hybrid ones. At the same time, it also depends on whether they are generation 0 or generation 1 seeds. Generally, the price difference between generation 0 and generation 1 seeds is double. One jin of generation 0 Gastrodia seeds can generally plant about 1.5 sq m, while generation 1 Gastrodia seeds can plant about 1 sq m.
Gastrodia seed benefits:
1. Anticonvulsant effect: Gastrodia has a certain therapeutic effect on facial nerve twitching, limb numbness, hemiplegia, epilepsy and so on. It also has the effect of relieving smooth muscle spasms and relieving angina pectoris and biliary colic.
2. Blood pressure lowering effect: Gastrodia can treat high blood pressure. Taken over a long period, it can calm the liver and boost qi, strengthen the waist and knees, and strengthen tendons and bones. It can also increase peripheral and coronary artery blood flow, and has a protective effect on the heart.
3. Sedative effect: Some medical units used synthetic gastrodin (gastrodia glycoside) to treat patients with neurasthenia and neurasthenic syndrome, with effective rates of 89.44% and 86.87% respectively. It can also inhibit the central excitatory effect caused by caffeine, and has the effect of prolonging the sleep time induced by pentobarbital sodium.
4. Analgesic effect: The Gastrodia injection made from Gastrodia has an obvious analgesic effect on trigeminal neuralgia, vascular neurogenic headache, cerebrovascular disease headache, toxic polyneuritis and so on. In recent years, through clinical trials by some medical units on more than 1000 patients, the effective rate reached 90%.
5. Effect of improving eyesight and boosting intelligence: Gastrodia also has the effect of improving eyesight and significantly enhancing memory. Gastrodia has an obvious protective and regulating effect on the human brain nervous system, and can enhance the resolving power of the optic nerve. It is currently used as a brain health food or brain health medicine for high-altitude flight personnel. In Japan, Gastrodia injection is used to treat senile dementia, with an effective rate of 81%.