Is Dendrobium officinale truly a miraculous Chinese herbal medicine, or commercial hype?
The market price of genuine Dendrobium officinale is several thousand yuan per jin. In the eyes of ordinary consumers, counterfeit Dendrobium officinale looks very similar in appearance to the real one, but professionals can tell the real from the fake at a glance. Most of the Dendrobium officinale sold on the market is actually made from common Dendrobium species such as Dendrobium devonianum or Dendrobium aduncum. Dendrobium officinale - when many people hear this name, they are probably unfamiliar with it, but it is now very popular on the market. When made into a dried product, Dendrobium officinale is called Tiepi Fengdou. Some now say it ranks first among China's nine great immortal herbs, that it is a diamond-class tonic, and that its medicinal value far exceeds that of precious Chinese medicinal materials such as ginseng and lingzhi, and that it may even inhibit tumors. The price of this Chinese medicinal material is indeed very high, several thousand yuan per jin. So is this so-called immortal herb, Dendrobium officinale, really an immortal herb, and is it really so miraculous? Reporters from "Weekly Quality Report" found in their investigation that most of the Dendrobium officinale sold on the market is fake.