Bitter, sweet and salty.
Efficacy of Schisandra chinensis
The source is the fruit of Schisandra chinensis of Magnoliaceae.
Alias Fu, Xuan and Wuwei.
It tastes sour, sweet and warm.
Lung, heart and kidney meridians.
Function: convergence, benefiting qi and promoting fluid production, tonifying kidney and calming nerves. Can be used for treating chronic cough and asthma, wet dream's nocturnal emission, frequent micturition, chronic diarrhea, night sweats and spontaneous sweating, body fluid injury and thirst, thirst due to internal heat, and palpitation and insomnia.
fruit of Chinese magnolia vine
As the saying goes, five flavors comfort the five internal organs. Although the sparrow is small and complete, the Schisandra chinensis is small and complete. Chinese medicine believes that acid enters the liver, bitter enters the heart, sweet enters the spleen, pungent enters the lung and salty enters the kidney. The five flavors of Schisandra chinensis can nourish the five internal organs.
Schisandra chinensis has five flavors in the south and five flavors in the north, just like southerners and northerners. One side of the soil and water support one side of the people, and so do plants.
The southern flavor is bright red, the head is small, the fruit is small and the meat is light, which has the meaning of astringing the lungs and relieving cough, and has a miraculous effect on treating cold cough. The northern flavor is purple-black, large, thick, oily and shiny. It is the best way to nourish the heart and kidney and treat fatigue.
Southerners often say that the five flavors in the south are good, while northerners say that the five flavors in the north are good. In fact, they are all good medicines. There is a poem that says, there are five flavors in the south, five flavors in the north, and five flavors in the north and south comfort the five internal organs. The solution is this dispute.
How to eat Schisandra chinensis?
Fresh Schisandra chinensis tastes delicious, not only attractive in color, but also delicious. Sour, sweet, cold and frost. Schisandra chinensis doesn't spit out the nucleus. Those who spit out the nucleus are amateurs and can't eat it. The kernel is slightly bitter, but it is the essence. The more you chew, the more fragrant it is. Outsiders don't understand this. When they spit out the nucleus, they have five flavors. Eat only three flavors, but two tastes are poor. This taste is not perfect.
People in the mountains eat Schisandra best. Schisandra porridge goes without saying. Stir-fry naturally dried Schisandra chinensis with slow fire until slightly burnt, and add green tea and honey to make sweet Schisandra chinensis tea. Make a drink for the guests from afar. It is sweet, sour, bitter and salty. It's really five flavors. Instantly dispel the dust and fatigue of the journey. There is even more delicious Schisandra wine, which is made by washing, drying, grinding, frying, sealing grain wine and soaking for half a month. There is a trick to making Schisandra wine, which is to shake the bottle every day. Shake it and it tastes delicious, sweet, sour, bitter and salty. Shake it and it will all be shaken into the mellow sorghum or corn wine. As soon as the lid was opened, the sky was full of fruit and wine.
Annotation of ancient books
Ancient books say that Schisandra chinensis cures "night cough". "Cough at dusk" means that people's cough gets worse near dusk. Zhu Danxi, a famous doctor in Yuan Dynasty, said: "Cough at dusk, and internal heat floats in the lungs. It is not appropriate to use cold medicine, and Schisandra chinensis and gallnut should be reduced. " Sun Simiao, the drug king, also said, "Take Schisandra regularly in May to supplement the five internal organs. In summer, I feel sleepy and weak, and I have no strength to move. Using astragalus, ginseng and Ophiopogon japonicus, I add less phellodendron to decoct soup, which makes people feel refreshed and full of strength. "