Schisandra lat. Schisandra chinensis, called Wu Wei Zi in China, is a medicinal plant from Asia and used in traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine. It is appreciated the Schisandra berries and widely used because of their strengthening and tonifying effect. The Schisandra seeds and leaves containing the active ingredient schisandrine are also used. In traditional Chinese medicine, the seeds are used in stress-related fatigue to strengthen the nervous system, sleep disorders, depression, as protection and detoxification for the liver, in vision problems such as night blindness. Schisandra is one of the adaptogenic plants that help to better adapt to extreme conditions. They increase stamina during strenuous activity and help to cope with extreme conditions.
