drug name | Schisandra Fruit |
[Variety Source]
This product is the mature fruit of Schisandra Fruit (Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.)) or Schisandra Fruit (Schisandra sphenanthera Rehd. et Wils.) of the Magnoliaceae family. . The former is commonly known as "North Schisandra Fruit" and is mainly produced in the Northeast; the latter is commonly known as "orange magnoliavine fruit" and is mainly produced in the Southwest and the provinces south of the Yangtze River Basin. Take it in autumn when the fruits are ripe. Dry. Use raw or mixed with vinegar and honey, steamed and dried.
Chinese Magnoliavine Fruit (herbal decoction pieces)
Chinese Magnoliavine Fruit (herbal decoction pieces)
[Property]
sour and sweet, warm. act on lung, heart and kidney channels.
[Efficacy]
It astringes the lungs and nourishes the kidneys, promotes the production of body fluids and suppresses sweating, astringes essence and relieves diarrhea, calms the heart and calms the mind.
[Indications]
- For chronic cough disease deficiency-type dyspnea. Schanselic acid can astringe, is warm and moist in nature, can astringe lung qi at the top, and nourish kidney yin at the bottom. It is suitable for lung deficiency chronic cough disease and asthma and cough caused by both lung and kidney deficiency. To treat lung deficiency chronic cough disease, it is often used together with Poppy Capsule, such as Weisheng Jiabao Fang Schisandra Fruit Pills; to treat lung and kidney deficiency-type dyspnea cough, it is often used Used equally with Asiatic Cornelian Cherry Fruit, Prepared Rehmannia Root, Chinese Yam, such as Duqi Pills; to treat cold drink and cough For asthma, it can also be used with Xin Wen Xuan San's Ephedra, Asarum, and Dried Ginger.
- It is used for thirst and consumptive thirst. This product is sour and sweet, and can tonifying qi and promoting fluid production to quench thirst. To treat those with heat-damaged qi and yin and excessive sweating, it is often used together with Ginseng and Ophiopogon Tuber, plus Pulse-Reinforcing Powder; Treat yin deficiency with internal heat, thirst and consumptive thirst syndrome of polydipsia, often associated with Chinese Yam, Anemarrhena, Snakegourd Root, Astragalus Root.
- For spontaneous sweating, night sweat. This product can astringe the lungs and stop sweating. To treat spontaneous sweating and night sweat, it can be used with Ephedra Root and oyster shell.
- is used for seminal emission and spontaneous seminal emission. This product can nourish kidney and astringent essence. To treat kidney deficiency, seminal emission and spontaneous seminal emission caused by weak Jingguan, it can be treated with mantis egg-case, Cherokee Rose Fruit, Fossil Bone is used equally.
[Documentation]
- Benjing: "Mainly tonifying qi, cough with dyspnea, fatigue and thinness, tonifying deficiencies, strengthening yin, and benefiting men's essence."
[Modern Pharmacology]
Northern Schisandra Fruit mainly contains volatile oils, organic acids, tannins, vitamins, sugars and resins. The main component of the seed volatile oil is Schisandra Fruit. This product has an excitatory effect on the centers at all levels of the nervous system, and affects both the excitatory and inhibitory processes of the cerebral cortex, making them more balanced. It has a stimulant effect on the respiratory system and has antitussive and dispelling phlegm effects. Can lower blood pressure. It can be choleretic, reduce serum aminotransferase, and have a protective effect on liver cells. It has an adaptogen-like effect similar to Ginseng and can enhance the body's defense against non-specific stimuli. It has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus pneumonia, Salmonella enterica, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, etc.
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