Dendrobium nobile, Shi Hu 石斛 Shi Hu (TCM)Pu shel rtse  པུ་ཤེལ་རྩི  (Tibet) Dendobium nobileAtlas des plantes de jardins, Klincksieck, 1896 Above: Bunches of freshly harvested DendrobiumRight: fresh, stripped and bunched stems(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Dendrobium spp.D. nobile, D. candidum, D. fimbriatum are listed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia.The sources for Dendrobium Shi Hu are many and complex: Jin Chai Shi Hu (Golden Hairpin Dendrobium:D. linawianumD. nobile Er Huan Shi Hu (Earring Dendrobium):D. candidumD. hercoglossumD. moniliforme Ma Pien Shi Hu (Horsewhip Dendrobium):D. chrysanthemD. denneanumD. fimbriatumD. hancockii Huang Cao Shi Hu (Yellow Dendrobium):D. aduncumD. crepidatumD. devonianumD. houshanenseD. lohohenseD. wilsonii Yue Ke Shi Hu (Melon Dendrobium):D. bellatulumD. crispulumD. crumentatumD. kwangtungenseD. lindleyiD. macraei [syn. Flickingeria fimbriata]D. pulchellumD. thyrsiflorum Tibetan sources list D. nobile and D. moniliforme Parts used: Herb / stem, fresh or dried Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet, slightly Salty Classifications: N. Yin Tonics Uses: 1. Nourishes, Yin, Generates Fluids, Clears Heat: (TCM, Tibet)-Fever from Yin deficiency; Hectic Fever-Dry Mouth, severe Thirst-in Tibet for urge to vomit (from excess Stomach heat)2. Nourishes Kidney Yin: (TCM, Tibet)-Kidney Yin deficiency with low-grade Fever, Thirst, poor vision, aches and pains, red tongue with no coating-in Tibet for obstructions of the Urinary passages-‘tonifies the consumptive…

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