100% pure Dendrobium extract English name: Dendrobium Nobile Extract Synonyms: Shi Hu, Dendrobium nobile Lindl, Herba Dendrobii Used Part: Dried stem Specifications: 30:1 Main active ingredients: Dendrobine, Dendroxine, Dendramine, nobilonine, 6-hybroxydendrobine, B-Phenylethylamine, N,N-Dimethyl-B-Phenylethylamine, and N,N-Diethyl-B-Phenylethylamine. What is Dendrobium Extract? Dendrobium extract, also named dendrobium nobile extract, Shi Hu in Chinese, has been used as a traditional herb medicine in China for more than 1300 years. From wikipedia,There are many dendrobium species available, such as dendrobium nobile Lindl, dendrobium candidum, dendrobium officinale, dendrobium huoshanense, and dendrobium devonianum Paxt. However, among these species, dendrobium nobile is the most common and popular extract. Dendrobium is an excellent and delicious Yin Jing tonic and longevity herb. It is said to quickly and effectively replace spent “adaptive energy.” It is widely used in the Orient by those who engage in a lot of marital activity to replace the spent energy and to replace fluids; and thus it is commonly called “honeymooners tea.” Dendrobium is primarily used in China to replenish fluids. It is commonly used in Chinese herbalism as a Yin tonic which moistens the Stomach and Lungs. It can be very effective in treating dryness problems like dry mouth, thirst, stomach pain, mouth sores, sunstroke, and dry lungs and air passages due to dry weather or due to pollution and smoke. In other words, Dendrobium is used to balance hot, dry conditions, to replace damaged or lost fluids and to relieve thirst, depression and deficiency fever as a result an illness. Dendrobium also helps to generate beautiful skin. What are herbal extracts? Herbal extracts are an excellent way of getting the nutrition and goodness from a herb, without the trouble of sometimes elaborate preparation. They are also a way of getting the goodness in as concentrated a form as possible. Directions: these tonic herbs are food grade and safe to use as you would culinary herbs. They can be added to any foods or drinks. Suggested uses are either to add 1/2 a teaspoon to a healthy juice or smoothie, or to prepare them as an instant tonic tea, but simply putting 1/2 a teaspoon in a cup or mug, and adding hot water. Recommended upper limit: do not exceed 1 teaspoon of herbal extract unless guided to by a qualified healthcare professional.