What are the main effects and benefits of Pholidota chinensis?

Pholidota chinensis, also known as Shishanlian, Shiganlan, Guoshangye, and so on, is the pseudobulb or whole plant of Pholidota chinensis, a plant in the genus Pholidota of the orchid family. Used as medicine, it has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, clearing heat and detoxifying, and draining dampness and dispersing blood stasis. It has therapeutic effects on lung-heat cough, hemoptysis and hematemesis, dizziness and headache, sore throat, rheumatic pain, damp-heat edema, and traumatic injuries. Let us take a look at the effects and benefits of Pholidota chinensis below!

Medicinal Effects of Pholidota chinensis

[Nature and Flavor] Sweet in taste, slightly bitter, cool in nature.

[Meridian Tropism] Lung and kidney meridians.

[Effects] Nourishes yin and moistens the lungs, clears heat and detoxifies, drains dampness and disperses blood stasis. Mainly treats lung-heat cough, hemoptysis, hematemesis, dizziness, headache, nocturnal emission, sore throat, rheumatic pain, damp-heat edema, dysentery, leukorrhea, infantile malnutrition, scrofula, and traumatic injuries.

Medicinal Discussions of Pholidota chinensis

1. "Sheng Cao Yao Xing Bei Yao": Treats internal injuries, resolves phlegm and stops cough.

2. "Guangdong Zhong Yao": Clears stagnant heat in the lungs, nourishes lung yin, resolves phlegm and stops cough. Treats internal injury cough and heat accumulation in children.

3. "Lingnan Cai Yao Lu": Treats internal injury with hematemesis; decoct with lean pork and take. Treats asthma and cough; decoct with dried tangerine peel and pork and take. Treats heart qi pain; decoct in water and take mixed with wine. Treats rheumatic bone pain; soak in wine and take. Treats dysentery; decoct in water and take mixed with honey.

How to Consume Pholidota chinensis

1. Pholidota chinensis lung-clearing porridge: Wash Pholidota chinensis and loquat leaves together, chop them, put them into a gauze bag, add clear water and decoct to extract the juice. Pour out the juice, add rice and cook into porridge, add rock sugar to season and drink. Everyone can add porridge ingredients according to their own preferences. For example, some other auxiliary ingredients can be added for flavor. Cooking porridge is all about heat control; boil over medium heat and then simmer over low heat, and after one and a half hours, the lung-clearing nutritious porridge is ready. Eating it regularly can help us regulate the body and improve health.

2. Pholidota chinensis pork bone soup: Pholidota chinensis, pork bones, ginger, red dates, and an appropriate amount of salt. First blanch the pork bones in water to remove the fishy smell, then wash the Pholidota chinensis and put them into the pot together. First bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer. After one hour, a faint fragrance can be smelled; at this point, scoop out the Pholidota chinensis and add auxiliary ingredients to the pot. Pholidota chinensis pork bone soup can not only beautify the skin, but also treat asthma and cough.

Medicinal Prescriptions of Pholidota chinensis

1. To treat pulmonary tuberculosis with hemoptysis, chronic cough, acute gastroenteritis, and chronic gastritis: 1 to 2 liang of fresh Pholidota chinensis or 3 to 5 qian of dried product. Decoct in water and take.

2. To treat lung-heat cough, difficult urination, damp-heat edema, and infantile malnutrition: 3 to 5 qian of Shiganlan. Decoct in water and take.

3. To treat cough and sore throat: 5 qian to 1 liang of dried Zhuoshangye. Decoct in water and take, twice a day.

4. To treat gastric and duodenal ulcers: 5 qian to 1 liang of the whole plant of Pholidota chinensis. Decoct in water and take.

5. To treat heat arthralgia and soreness and pain in the lower back: 2 to 4 liang of fresh pseudobulbs of Pholidota chinensis. Decoct with water and wine and take.

6. To treat heat strangury: 1 to 2 liang of the fresh whole plant of Pholidota chinensis. Decoct in water and take.

7. To treat nocturnal emission: 1 liang of fresh pseudobulbs of Pholidota chinensis and 5 qian of the fresh whole plant of Jinsicao. Decoct in water and take.

8. To treat stomach-fire toothache and deficient-fire throat pain: 1 to 2 liang of fresh pseudobulbs of Pholidota chinensis. Decoct in water and take.

9. To treat chronic osteomyelitis: Mash the fresh whole plant of Shishanglian and apply externally to the affected area, or use the dried product, soften it by soaking in light rice wine and grind it into juice, mix with boiled water and apply externally to the affected area.