Does Gastrodia elata (Orchidaceae) have seeds? How much half a kilo? Can I eat it? What's the effect?

Gastrodia elata, also known as Red Arrow, Mupu, tomorrow Ma, Dingfeng Grass Root and so on, is a common orchid plant in China, which is widely planted because of its high medicinal value. How much half a kilo? Can I eat it? What's the effect?

Gastrodia elata is a perennial herb. Gastrodia elata seed is the fruit of Gastrodia elata, which is edible and can be used as medicine. Gastrodia elata seed can nourish the blood and relieve the wind and fight the wind-cold. It is mainly used for people who are physically weak, lack of qi and blood, and are vulnerable to cold wind and cold. It is usually used for dizziness, headache, migraine, dizziness, cough and expectoration, dispelling wind and relieving pain. For those with weak liver function, Gastrodia elata seed can also be used for improvement. In addition, some young people appear in advance of less white hair, increase the content of antioxidants in the body, but also have a certain antagonistic effect to prevent the growth of white hair.

Price of Gastrodia elata seed:

The price of Gastrodia elata seeds is about 4050 yuan per jin. The market value of Gastrodia elata seed is mainly determined by the quality of the seed, mainly depends on whether it is wild, purebred or black-red hybrid Gastrodia elata seed, which is usually more expensive than purebred and hybrid Gastrodia elata seeds. At the same time, it depends on whether it is 0 generation or 1 generation seed. Generally, the price difference between 0 generation seed and 1 generation seed is doubled. 0 generation Gastrodia elata seed can be planted about 1.5 square meters per jin, while one generation Gastrodia elata seed can be planted 1 square seed.

Efficacy of Gastrodia elata seed:

1. Anticonvulsant effect: certain curative effect of Gastrodia elata on facial nerve convulsion, limb numbness, hemiplegia, epilepsy and so on. It also has the effect of relieving smooth muscle spasm, relieving angina pectoris and biliary angina.

2. The effect of lowering blood pressure: Gastrodia elata can treat hypertension. Long-term service can calm the liver and replenish qi, benefit waist and knees, strengthen muscles and bones, increase peripheral and coronary blood flow, and protect the heart.

3. Sedative effect: some medical units use synthetic gastrodin (gastrodin) to treat patients with neurasthenia and neurasthenia syndrome, with an effective rate of 89.44% and 86.87%, respectively. It can also inhibit the central excitatory effect caused by caffeine and enhance the sleep time effect of pentobarbital.

4. Analgesic effect: Tianma injection made from Gastrodia elata has obvious analgesic effect on trigeminal neuralgia, vascular nerve headache, cerebrovascular headache, toxic polyneuritis and so on. In recent years, through the clinical trial of more than 1000 patients in some medical units, the effective rate is up to 90%.

5. The effect of enlightening eyesight and increasing intelligence: Gastrodia elata still has the function of enlightening eyesight and significantly enhancing memory. Gastrodia elata has obvious protective and regulatory effect on human brain nervous system, and can enhance the distinguishing ability of optic nerve. Gastrodia elata has been used as brain health food or brain health drug for high-altitude pilots. In Japan, Gastrodia elata injection is used to treat Alzheimer's disease, with an effective rate of 81%.