Schisandra chinensis

Schisandra chinensis

Fructus Schisandra esphenantherae (orange magnoliavine fruit)

[alias], Xiangsu, honglingzi.

[source] Schisandra sphenanthera ndrasphenantheraRehd.EtWits The fruit of.

[plant morphology] deciduous woody vines. Branches slender, reddish brown, with lenticels. Leaves elliptic, obovate or ovate lanceolate, 5-11cm long and 3-7cm wide, apex short, base cuneate or suborbicular, margin sparsely serrate. The flowers are unisexual, heterophytic, solitary or 1-2 in leaf axils, orange yellow; pedicels are slender, 2-4cm long; perianth segments are 5-9; stamens are 10-15, stamens are obovate; purple stamens are nearly spherical, carpels are 30-50. The aggregate fruit is 6-9cm long, the berry is nearly spherical, 6-9mm long, red and fleshy. The flowering period is from May to July and the fruiting period is from August to October.

Born in sunny open land and shrubs. It is mainly produced in Henan, Shaanxi and Gansu.

[picking] in autumn, when the fruit is mature but not falling off, pick the branches and impurities and dry them in the sun.

[character] the fruit is irregular, small, 2-5mm in diameter, dark red or brown on the surface, thin and lusterless on the skin, and contains 1-2 seeds. Seeds kidney shaped, surface yellow brown, slightly granular.

[chemical constituents] the seeds contain schizandrin a, schisandrin a, B, C, D, e, etc.

[nature and taste] it is warm in nature and sour in taste.

[function indications] convergence, tonic, body fluid, antidiarrhea. It is used for cough due to lung deficiency, thirst due to fluid deficiency, spontaneous sweating, night sweating and chronic diarrhea.

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