How to identify Schisandra chinensis? Learn these few tricks to tell it apart easily

Schisandra chinensis is also known as northern schisandra. It is a perennial deciduous woody vine of the genus Schisandra in the family Magnoliaceae, and its fruit is used as medicine. Schisandra chinensis mainly contains volatile oil, whose main components include citric acid, a-ylangene, sugars, benzoic acid, citral, and others. The seeds contain schisandrin and others. The fruit is sour in taste and warm in nature. It has functions such as astringing, relieving cough, nourishing the kidney, securing essence, and promoting fluid production. It mainly treats cough and asthma, lung deficiency, spontaneous sweating, insomnia, chronic diarrhea, fluid depletion, and other conditions. Schisandra chinensis is mainly produced in the three provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning. In addition, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and other provinces and regions also produce it. The quality of that produced in Liaoning and Jilin is the best, and it is known as "Liao schisandra." At present, the schisandra sold on the market is mainly wild, and the amount cultivated artificially is very small. At the same time, the market demand for schisandra is very large, and the price is relatively stable. Relying only on collecting wild schisandra is far from enough to meet market demand. Therefore, in order to increase the market supply of schisandra, meet market demand, and raise the economic income of local farmers, it is very necessary to vigorously develop artificial cultivation of schisandra in rural and mountainous areas of Liaoning Province.