SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS

SCHISANDRA

herbal medicine for hepatitis

Scisandra chinensis have common name Wu wei zi and Schisandra berries. It is distributed throughout northern and northeast China and the adjacent regions of Russia and Korea. Schisandra is a woody vine with numerous clusters of tiny, bright red berries. The fully ripe, sun dried fruit is used medicinally. It is have unusual combination of flavors is sour, sweet, salty, hot and bitter taste. That is why Scisandra’s Chinese name is Wu wei zi, meaning ‘five taste fruit”

Schisandra is prescribed as a high grade herbal drug useful for a wide variety of medical conditions, especially as a kidney tonic and lung astringent. Furthermore, schisandra is useful for coughs, night sweats, insomnia, thirst and physical exhaustion.

Schisandra’s fruit contains a number of compounds including essential oils, numerous acids and lignans (schizandrin, deoxyschizandrin, gomisins and pregomisin). This compound are found in the seeds of the fruit and have a number of medicinal actions. Lignans regenerate liver tissue damaged by harmful influences such as viral hepatitis and alcohol. Lignan lower blood levels of Serum Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase (SGPT) a marker for infective hepatitis and other liver disorders..

Schisandra fruit used in range from 1,5-15 grams per day. The tincture in the amount of 2 to 4 ml 3 times per day .