As a precious Chinese medicinal material, Dendrobium has a variety of effects and functions, mainly including the following aspects: Enhance immunity: Dendrobium can improve the body's immunity, promote the proliferation of immune cells, and enhance nonspecific immunity and cellular immunity. Protect the liver: Dendrobium can increase the activity of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase in liver tissue, reduce malondialdehyde in serum and liver, reduce liver damage caused by lipid peroxidation, and improve alcoholic liver and fatty liver. Delay aging: Dendrobium can scavenge free radicals, reduce mitochondrial oxidative damage, reduce the body's lipid peroxidation, and play a role in delaying aging1. Promote gastrointestinal digestion: Dendrobium can promote gastric juice secretion, increase the discharge of gastric acid and pepsin, and enhance the peristalsis of the small intestine, which is helpful for digestion and absorption, and relieves symptoms such as indigestion and abdominal distension. Lower blood sugar: Dendrobium can increase serum insulin levels, reduce glucagon levels, promote the synthesis of glycogen, and thus lower blood sugar. Anti-tumor: Dendrobium can enhance the body's immunity, induce tumor cell differentiation and apoptosis, increase the expression of tumor suppressor gene P53, and play an anti-tumor role, especially for cervical cancer, liver cancer, etc. Nourishing yin and clearing heat: Dendrobium is beneficial to the stomach to produce fluid, nourish yin and clear heat, and is suitable for symptoms such as insufficient stomach yin, insufficient kidney yin, and excessive yin deficiency and fire. Other effects: Dendrobium also has the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, improving cardiovascular and cerebrovascular function, and treating ophthalmic diseases.
