What are the aliases of orchids

Orchid (scientific name: Cymbidium ssp.): is a common name for plants in the Monocotyledon, Orchidaceae, Orchidaceae. Alias: Chinese Orchid, Spring Orchid, Orchid Grass, Orchid Hwa, Yui Orchid, Mountain Orchid, National Fragrance, Fairy of the Valley, Fragrant Ancestor. Orchids have been cultivated in China for more than 2,000 years. The orchids in the traditional Chinese famous flowers only refer to a number of species of ground orchids distributed in the Chinese orchid genus, such as spring orchids, huilan, jianlan, ink orchids and cold orchids, etc., which are usually referred to as "Chinese orchids". This kind of orchids is very different from the big and colorful tropical orchids, with no eye-catching showy appearance, large flowers and leaves, but with the temperament of simple, quiet and elegant, which is in line with the oriental people's aesthetic standard.

Orchid is a unique style of flowers, its ornamental value is very high. The color of orchids is light and elegant, with most of them in soft green and yellow green, but especially the plain ones are valuable. The fragrance of orchids is clear but not cloudy, a pot in the room, fragrant. "Hand-cultivated orchids two or three planted, the warmth of the sun and the wind and the next to open; sit for a long time do not know the fragrance in the room, push the window when there are butterflies fly." This poem of the ancients expresses the fragrance of orchids to the fullest. Orchids have a dignified and elegant flower posture, and some are graceful and luxurious, rich in changes. The leaves of orchids are bright green all year round, both rigid and soft, with a beautiful posture, even if it is not the flowering period, it is like a living work of art. "Sobbing dew light is messy, containing wind shadow from slanting; commoners that dendrobium than, look at the leaf is better than look at the flower". This poem is used to describe the graceful beauty of orchid leaves.

Orchid aroma clean, mellow, orchids are used for tea, can also be used to smoke tea; can also do soup and other dishes.

According to the records, the whole orchid grass can be used as medicine. Its nature is flat, taste pungent, sweet, non-toxic. It has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, diuresis and seepage of dampness, clearing away heat and detoxification. It can be applied to clinical internal and gynecological conditions. Roots can cure tuberculosis, lung abscess and sprains, but also bone; orchid pedicels can cure ringworm.

Jianlang root decoction soup, said to be the birth of the winning medicine, the leaves to cure whooping cough, can cure the deficiency of lung qi (a for liver qi), fruit can stop vomiting, seeds to cure cataracts. The whole herb of Cymbidium can cure women's diseases; the whole herb of Spring Orchid can cure neurasthenia, roundworms and hemorrhoids. The petals of the vegetative orchid can catalyze birth. The vegetative petals of Cymbidium orchid can also promote birth when dried.