Containing all five flavors: sour, sweet, salty, bitter and spicy, the Schisandra Chinensis is often referred to as literally the “northern five flavor berry”.  Many years ago it was discovered to contain restorative properties and became one of the fifty fundamental herbs in traditional Chinese medicine.

These tonic providing berries are most often dried, then boiled to make tea.  This Schizandra tea was long ago found to have notable, clinically documented,  liver protecting effects.  The lignans, which are immuno-modulating and liver protecting and are found in the seeds of Schizandra, are identified as schizandrin, deoxyschizandrin, gomisins and pregomisin.  This is a powerful, liver protecting herb that actually should not be taken by a pregnant woman!

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