Hey it’s me Herb~
I would like to take you to another part of Asia and that would be China, Korea and Japan. The reason that I am putting all three countries all at the same time is because they have one thing in common other than that they are located in Asia. These three countries have used and still using the medicinal plant called Schisandra chinensis.
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| Schisandra Chinesis |
Its berries were used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is considered one of the 50 fundamental herbs. They are most often used in dried form, and boiled to make a tea. Medicinally it is used as a tonic and restorative adaptogen with notable clinically documented liver protecting effects.
Before I began talking any farther, I would like to explain a little bit about adaptogen and its importance. Adaptogen is a term coined by herbalists to refer to a natural herb product which they believe to increase body’s resistence to stress, trauma, anxiety and fatigue.
In Korea, the berries of this plant is called omija, and the berries are also used to make tea which is same compared to what Chinese medicine do with this plant.
In Japanese the plant is called gomishi. The Ainu people who are indigenous group lived in Japan used this plant as a remedy for colds and sea-sickness.
The reason as to why this plant is so favored by many people is because of the property that this miraculous plant has. Schisandra chinensis contains essential oils, acids and lignans which can, for example, help to regenerate liver tissue damaged by alcohol abuse or by hepatitis. And also as I already mentioned above the property to reduce the stress and fatigue that people have. This is all about schisandra chinesis. I will be back with more interesting indigenous plant.
-Herb (Dong Jin/ Jin)
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