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Schisandra Schisandra chinensis

Schisandra sinensis

Common Names

Schisandra , Magnolia vine, wu-wei-zi, Schizandra

Botanical Name

Schisandra chinensis

Family

SCHISANDRACEAE

Schisandra Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Common Uses:	Chronic Fatigue * Cough * General Health Tonics * Liver *
Properties:	Adaptogens* Antitussive* Hypoglycemic* Vasodilator* Antibacterial*
Parts Used:	fruit
Constituents:	lignans: schizandrin, deoxyschizandrin, gomisins, and pregomisin

Primary traditional uses of Schisandra include the treatment of nervous conditions, coughs, and liver conditions. Laboratory experiments and clinical experience suggests that Schisandra may help to improve brain efficiency, increase work capacity, and build strength...Schisandra is believed to have an adaptongenic function, increases non-resistant immune response, reduces tiredness and sleeplessness, and may help enhance vision.

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Schisandra fruitis a very widely used male tonic and adaptogenic in China. Its Chinese name is wu-wei-zi, which means five taste fruits. Schisandra has an usually sour, sweet, bitter, warm, and salty taste, hence the name "five taste". The herb is considered balanced in TCM by virtue of this distribution of flavors.

Side Effects:

Schisandra might cause gastrointestinal upset in some individuals. Not for use during pregnancy.

How to Use: Schisandra

Preparation Methods :Teas, extracts, capsules. Asian users take 1 teaspoon a day and it makes a lovely infusion in fruit juice. Pour ½ cup to a 1-gallon pitcher of a dark fruit juice and allow it to soak for 1 day.

Remedies using : Schisandra Chinese Schisandra syrup*

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Schisandra Medicinal Uses & Benefits

Schisandra for :Adaptogen, Energy
	Schisandra may help to improve brain efficiency, increase work capacity, and build strength...Schisandra is believed to have an adaptongenic function, increases non-resistant immune response, reduces tiredness and sleeplessness, and may help enhance vision. Steven Foster and Yue chongxi, Herbal Emissaries (1992)

Schisandra for :tiredness and sleeplessness
	Schisandra is believed to have an adaptongenic function, increases non-resistant immune response, reduces tiredness and sleeplessness Steven Foster and Yue chongxi, Herbal Emissaries (1992)

Schisandra for :Liver, hepatitits
	Alcohol extracts of Schisandra have helped to regenerate liver tissue, and thus have been used clinically in China for infectious hepatitis. Steven Foster and Yue chongxi, Herbal Emissaries (1992)

Schisandra for :Chronic Coughs and wheezing
	Medicinally TCM doctors use the tonic and astringent actions of Schisandra berries to treat chronic cough and wheezing due to lung deficiency, Alan Keith Tillotson, Nai-Shing Hu Tillotson, Robert Abel. The one Earth herbal sourcebook: . (2001),

Schisandra for :Adaptogen, Energy
	Schisandra may help to improve brain efficiency, increase work capacity, and build strength...Schisandra is believed to have an adaptongenic function, increases non-resistant immune response, reduces tiredness and sleeplessness, and may help enhance vision. Steven Foster and Yue chongxi, Herbal Emissaries (1992)

Schisandra for :tiredness and sleeplessness
	Schisandra is believed to have an adaptongenic function, increases non-resistant immune response, reduces tiredness and sleeplessness Steven Foster and Yue chongxi, Herbal Emissaries (1992)

Schisandra for :Liver, hepatitits
	Alcohol extracts of Schisandra have helped to regenerate liver tissue, and thus have been used clinically in China for infectious hepatitis. Steven Foster and Yue chongxi, Herbal Emissaries (1992)

Schisandra for :Chronic Coughs and wheezing
	Medicinally TCM doctors use the tonic and astringent actions of Schisandra berries to treat chronic cough and wheezing due to lung deficiency, Alan Keith Tillotson, Nai-Shing Hu Tillotson, Robert Abel. The one Earth herbal sourcebook: . (2001),

Plant Description

Schisandra, also known as Magnolia vine is found as a rare ornamental vine in Western gardens, grown for the effect of the bright green leaves and brilliant scarlet fruits the vine produces in autumn.

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