Family and medicinal parts This product is the mature fruit of Schisandra chinensis of Magnoliaceae.

Sexual taste, acid and temperature in meridian tropism. Enter the lung and kidney meridians.

Efficacy: astringing lung and nourishing kidney, promoting fluid production, astringing sweat, astringing essence and stopping diarrhea.

Clinical application 1. Used for chronic cough and asthma.

Schisandra chinensis can astringe lung qi and nourish kidney yin, and relieve cough and asthma caused by deficiency of lung and kidney. It is often used with Radix Codonopsis, Radix Ophiopogonis, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata and Cornus officinalis.

2. Used for symptoms such as thirst, physical weakness and hyperhidrosis.

This product has the effects of promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, astringing and stopping sweating. It is often used with Ophiopogon japonicus, Radix Rehmanniae and Trichosanthis Radix to treat fluid deficiency and thirst. It can be used together with Radix Codonopsis, Radix Ophiopogonis, wheat flour, and Concha Ostreae to treat body asthenia and hyperhidrosis, regardless of spontaneous sweating due to yang deficiency or night sweats due to yin deficiency.

3. Used for symptoms such as fine slippery, frequent micturition and persistent diarrhea.

Schisandra chinensis can tonify kidney, fix essence, astringe intestine and stop diarrhea. Wet dream's disease, such as nocturnal emission and frequent micturition, can be equated with ootheca and dodder. For chronic diarrhea, it can be used with Psoralea corylifolia and Nutmeg.

The prescription uses five herbs and Schisandra chinensis (steamed).

General dosage and usage: 5 minutes to 1 minute, decocted.

Note 1. Schisandra chinensis is astringent, warm, not hot or dry. Commonly used in clinic are astringing lung to stop sweating and astringing essence to stop diarrhea, all of which have astringent effects. Therefore, it is not suitable for those who have excess heat due to unknown external evils. For symptoms such as cough, dyspnea, and thin phlegm caused by exogenous wind-cold, this product can be combined with dried ginger and asarum which warm lung and dispel cold, on the one hand, it can prevent excessive dissipation of lung qi, on the other hand, it can inhibit pathogenic factors.

2. In recent years, the application scope of this product has developed, and it is often used for neurasthenia and insomnia in clinic. Serum ammonia conversion in recovery period of hepatitis? If it exceeds the normal value and does not recover for a long time, the application of this product will be reduced.

Examples of prescriptions are Shenxie Pill (formerly known as Shen Si Pill) and Internal Medicine Abstracts: Schisandra chinensis, Fructus Psoraleae, Fructus Amomi Rotundus and Evodia rutaecarpa. Treating diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency and cold.

Excerpted from the document "Ben Jing": "Controlling qi, coughing against qi, relieving sore throat, tonifying deficiency, strengthening yin and benefiting men's essence. 」

"Medication Law": "Promote fluid production to quench thirst, treat diarrhea, replenish qi deficiency, astringe qi and dilate pupils. 」

Compendium of Materia Medica: "Warm in nature, with five flavors, rich in acid and salty, so it specializes in astringing lung qi and nourishing kidney water, benefiting qi and promoting fluid production, tonifying deficiency and improving eyesight, strengthening yin and astringing essence, clearing away heat and sweating, stopping vomiting and diarrhea, relieving cough and asthma, and relieving polydipsia. 」