Feb 2012 Now famous for its medicinal berries, Schizandra chinensis (Schisandra chenesis) is a deciduous woody vine that you can grow at home. Schizandra chinensis is a climbing plant originally from Northern China and the far east of Russia. If you want to grow your own schizandra chinensis, choose a wall or fence that gets some shade. Although schizandra chinensis can be grown in any soil, it will flourish in ground that is moist and well-drained.
Take care when buying that you really do get schizandra chinensis and not Eastern Prince seedlings. Unlike schizandra chinensis, Eastern Prince is usually single-sex and won’t produce fruit. Eastern Prince seedlings are often sold under the name of schizandra chinensis, but they are infertile. Schizandra chinensis is dioecious, which means that there are male and female plants and the female can only produce fruit when fertilized with pollen from a male plant. So you will need both male and female schizandra chinensis plants in order to grow your own berries.
Schizandra chinensis can also be confused with a related plant called kadsura japonica, but this only grows in subtropical regions. The fruit from schizandra chinensis can be used for traditional Chinese medicine, particularly as a tonic and restorative with liver-protecting qualities, and there are claims that it helps in respiratory conditions too.
If you are growing your own schizandra chinensis this is the way to make your remedies at home. First, pick the fruit from the schizandra chinensis and allow them to dry. To use the dry schizandra chinensis berries the easiest way is to boil them to make tea. The seeds of the schizandra chinensis fruit contain the liver-protecting and immuno-modulating ingredients, so this stays intact after drying.
For those interested in researching the constituents claimed to have medicinal properties in the schizandra chinensis fruit these are: lignans schizandrin, deoxyschizandrin, gomisins, and pregomisin. Remedies made with schizandra chinensis shouldn’t be taken by pregnant women. Tea is a popular way to take schizandra chinensis remedies, and in China people also make wine from schizandra chinensis fruit. If you’re a keen home winemaker, then a few bottles of schizandra chinensis could be worth a try!
A cup of tea made from dried schizandra chinensis fruit should have a beautiful clear red colour. You don’t need to add anything to your schizandra chinensis tea, although in Korea it can be flavoured with pine nuts. This could add a subtle nuttiness to your schizandra chinensis tea, giving you a traditional cup of omija cha. If you aren’t growing schizandra chinensis to make a medicinal tea or wine you could consider plants of similar varieties as they are attractive climbing plants of the magnolia class. Whether you’re gardening for the pleasure of looking at plants, or to use them for natural remedies, medicinal herbs like schizandra chinensis create a lovely outdoor area no matter how much or how little space you have.
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