4 Schisandra Berry - Four Ingredients

Schisandra (Schisandra chinensis) is a plant and its fruit is used as food and also to make medicine. It gets its name due to the berries having quite a complex taste, since they hold five distinct flavor properties: bitter, sweet, sour, salty and hot. This is why schisdanra is sometimes called “the five-flavored berry.”Schisandra is used as an "adaptogen" for increasing resistance to disease and stress.  Schisandra chinensis (five flavor fruit) is a fruit-bearing vine. It’s purple-red berries are described as having five tastes: sweet, salty, bitter, pungent, and sour. The seeds of the Schisandra berry contain lignans. These are substances which may have beneficial effects on health. Schisandra isn’t typically used as a food. But it has been used for medicinal purposes throughout Asia and Russia for generations. --- May protect liver for poison.** --- It could balance blood sugar.** --- May reduce blood pressure.**