Chinese: wu wei zi
English: schisandra berry
Pharmaceutical: Schisandrae Fructus
Properties: Sour, sweet, astringent, warm
Standard Species: Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill.
Schisandra chinensis - Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (Photo by TH. Tanaka)
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