Bencao Index https://bencaoindex.com/ https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/shi-hu/ Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice. <a href="https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/shi-hu/">Bencao Index</a> shi hu 石斛 Caulis Dendrobii Dendrobium sekkoku seokgok Tonify Yin Stomach Kidney

Nourishes Stomach Yin, generates fluids and clears Heat

Fluids injured in a warm-pathogen disease: a parched mouth and throat, severe thirst, irritability, sweating, or fever that will not settle

Enriches Kidney Yin and clears Deficiency Heat

Deficiency Heat with depleted fluids: stubborn low-grade fever, a dry sore throat and a red tongue without coat Long-standing unproductive cough accompanied by mild fever and night sweating, combined with further Yin tonics

Tonifies the Kidneys, augments Jing, brightens the eyes and strengthens the sinews, bones and lower back

Kidney and Liver deficiency with dim or blurred vision, spots before the eyes, dizziness, and a weak, painful lower back Numbness of the limbs, or Wei (atrophy) syndrome

Nourishes Stomach and Lung Yin

Empty Fire flaring up from deficient Yin of the Stomach and Lungs