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五味子 Wuweizi
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Chinese Name |
五味子 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Wuweizi |
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English Name |
Chinese Magnoliavine Fruit |
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Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus |
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Category |
Fruits and seeds |
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Origin |
The dried mature fruit of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill.(Magnoliaceae) |
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Production Regions |
Primarily produced in the northeastern regions of China. |
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Macroscopic Features |
Slightly spherical or flat spherical shape, 5~8mm diameter. Externally fresh red, purplish-red or dark red. Oily, with uneven wrinkles. Flesh is soft, numerous pieces often stick together; inside has 1~2 seeds, kidney-shaped, brownish-yellow, lustrous, hard, kernel is white. Flesh has faintly distinctive odor, sour taste. Seed has aroma after being broken, acrid and bitter taste. |
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Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is purplish-red, large, thick, oily and lustrous. |
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Properties |
Sour, sweet, warm |
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Functions |
Astringes and secures, boosts qi, engenders fluid, supplements kidney, calms heart. Apply to lingering cough and dyspnea due to deficiency, nocturnal emissions and spermatorrhoea, anischuria and urinary frequency, lingering diarrhea, spontaneous perspiration, night sweat, hydrodipsia due to depletion of body fluids, shortness of breath and feeble pulse, feverish dysphoria and diabetes, palpitation and insomnia. |
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 Medicinal Plant Images Database
Phytochemical Image Database
Chinese Medicinal Formula Images Database
Chinese Medicine Specimen Database
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Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00211 |
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