Chinese Medicinal Herb Dried Fruit Quality Dry Fruit TeaNatural Schisandra Chinensis Wu Wei Zi

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Chinese Medicinal Herb Dried Fruit Quality Dry  Fruit TeaNatural Schisandra Chinensis Wu Wei Zi 

 

 

Synonyms:Schisandra,Wu wei zi,Schisandra japonica,Maximowiczia chinensis,Kadsura chinensis.

Schisandra is a woody vine with numerous clusters of tiny, right red berries.It is found throughout northern and north-east China and the adjacent regions of Russia and Korea.The fully ripe,sun-dried fruit is used medicinally.It has sour,sweet, salty,hot and bitter tastes.This unusual combination of flavours is reflected in schisandra’s Chinese name Wu wei zi, meaning “five taste fruit.”

The classical treatise on Chinese herbal medicine,the Shen Nung Pen Tsao Ching,describes Schisandra as a high-grade herbal drug useful for a wide variety of medical conditions - especially as a kidney tonic and lung astringent. Chinese herbalists use Schisandra for coughs,night sweats,insomnia,thirst,and physical exhaustion.Scientific research carried out in Russia from the 1940s to the present has confirmed the medical efficacy of Schisandra chinensis for use in different conditions and has also revealed its chemical composition and mechanisms of action.

Schisandra chinensis is a plant which bears fruit containing one or more naturally-occurring adaptogens, which have been shown to maintain the body's systemic tonicity and balance, improve concentration and attention-span, and increase acuity of vision and hearing. Schisandra is one of the most effective phytoadaptogen. Adaptogens are natural plant products that increase the body's ability to cope with internal and external stress factors, and normalise the functions of the body. They help maintain the stable internal environment inside the body known as homeostasis.
 
Schisandra contains essential oils, acids and lignans which can, for example, help to regenerate liver tissue damaged by alcohol abuse or by hepatitis. One identified group of active ingredients is dibenzo-cyclo-octadiene lignans, which appear to possess therapeutic potential against oxidative neuronal damage induced by excitotoxins in the brain.