What are the medicinal values of Cymbidium goeringii? A detailed analysis

    [Medicinal name]:Cymbidium goeringii

    [Source]: The whole plant of Cymbidium goeringii, an orchidaceous plant among dicotyledonous medicinal plants.

    [Effects]: Nourishes yin and moistens the lungs, expels roundworms and relieves pain.

    [Main indications]: Used to treat dry cough with shortness of breath, scanty and thick sputum, or blood-streaked sputum, steaming bone and tidal fever, five-center heat and other symptoms due to lung deficiency with congested fire, as well as intestinal roundworm infestation.

    [Nature, flavor and meridian tropism]: Slightly pungent, sweet, neutral. Enters the lung, stomach and large intestine meridians.

    [Usage and dosage]: Oral administration: decocted in water, 5-15 grams.

    [Alternative names]: Duoduo Xiang, Shuangfei Yan ("Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao"), Caolan, Caosu ("Bencao Gangmu Shiyi"), Shanhua,orchid(Guizhou)

    [Distribution of animal and plant resources]: Distributed in Shaanxi, Gansu to East China, South China and Southwest China provinces and regions.

    [Latin name]: Cymbidium goeringii (Reichb.F. ) Reichb.F.

    [Textual research]: First recorded in "Bencao Gangmu Shiyi". "Bencao Gangmu Shiyi": "Caolan, leaves short and narrow, those blooming in spring are called Chunlan." "Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao": "Chunlan leaves are like Oulan, straight and stiff without leaning, one stem with several flowers, some pale red, some pale green, all with red threads, petals thin and plump, different from other places, also fragrant." "Duoduo Xiang, fine leaves soft and tough, one arrow one flower, the green ones round and plump, just like burning wax, the yellow ones thin and long, threaded with vermilion silk, all rich in delicate fragrance, there is also one arrow with two flowers, called Shuangfei Yan."