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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Schisandra chinensis (Schisandraceae)

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Common name(s)
Tyosen-Gomisi; Wu Wei Zi

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Antitussive Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Asthma China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Bactericide Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cough China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Dysentery China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Ejaculation China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Hyperglycemia Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Hypertension Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Insomnia China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Night-Sweat China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Tonic Malaya (Import) *
Tonic Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Tumor(Lung) China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Vasodilator Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.