How to store Dendrobium officinale? These storage methods you need to know

Dendrobium officinale is also known as black-node grass, Yunnan ironbark, ironbark dou, and so on. It has good health benefits and has gradually become a fine health product on everyone's table. Some families keep some fresh Dendrobium officinale at home. If the wrong storage method is chosen, the medicinal effect of Dendrobium officinale will be reduced. Now let us take a look at how to store Dendrobium officinale!

How to store Dendrobium officinale?

1. The most important thing when storing fresh Dendrobium officinale is that it must not be sealed. Many people, fearing that fresh Dendrobium officinale will lose moisture, seal it in plastic bags, which results in mold.

2. Fresh Dendrobium officinale stored under breathable conditions will not rot for a year, and in the second year it can still sprout new shoots at the nodes. Withering without dying and becoming stiff without rotting is also a very amazing trait.

3. A small amount of Dendrobium officinale at home can be wrapped in paper or a cloth bag and kept fresh in the refrigerator.

Can Dendrobium officinale be eaten raw?

1. Eating Dendrobium officinale raw can not only preserve the active cells of dendrobium to the greatest extent and take in dendrobium polysaccharides and dendrobine in the largest amount, but also clear heat, nourish yin, promote body fluid production, and promote human metabolism.

2. Eating Dendrobium officinale raw is more intuitive and can ensure genuine ingredients, preventing counterfeit and shoddy products.

3. The nutrients contained in Dendrobium officinale are comprehensive with no loss, and it is easy for the human body to absorb, with better medicinal and health benefits.

How is Dendrobium officinale best eaten?

1. As tea: Take 20-30 grams of fresh Dendrobium officinale, wash it, remove the outer coating, cut it into thin slices or cut it into sections and crack them open, add a few red dates or some goji berries, add a suitable amount of clean water, bring the water to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for more than 30 minutes before drinking, or directly brew with boiling water. After eating, take out the Dendrobium officinale and eat it.

2. In meals: Take 30-50 grams of fresh Dendrobium officinale, wash it with clean water and slice it or cut it into sections and crack them open. According to personal taste preferences, it can be stewed with chicken, duck, bones, and so on. The stewing time only needs to be slightly longer than usual.

3. In alcohol: Take 500 grams of fresh Dendrobium officinale, rinse it clean with clean water, add goji berries, American ginseng, and 1000 grams of baijiu, soak for 2 months, then take an appropriate amount in the morning and evening.

4. As juice: Wash Dendrobium officinale and blend it with water at 10:1 in a juicer before eating. Adding honey makes the taste better. Drinking it before or after alcohol can sober you up, protect the liver, and reduce headaches, with obvious effects.