Schizandra Chinese Dried 100g

Dried Schisandra 100g Bio-Flavo

from a Polish plantation - high quality

Schisandra chinensis (Schisandra chinensis) is a plant of the Far East. Not only lemon fruits are used, but also leaves and bark. It is called the plant of five flavors: the fruit cover is sweet, the flesh is sour, the seeds are bitter and astringent, and the seed extract has a brackish aftertaste.

Health benefits of eating schisandra chinensis fruit and contraindications

Fruits are used for exhaustion, depression, drowsiness, digestive and respiratory tract problems, vision disorders, to fight allergies.

This plant has a wide range of healing properties, including:

• protective for the liver due to the content of schizandrin and schizandrol,
• anti-inflammatory by neutralizing various inflammatory factors in the body,
• improving physical and mental condition as well as body efficiency and muscle endurance - which is valuable for athletes
• supporting the fight against Staphylococcus aureus and other bacteria,
• stabilizing cholesterol levels by lowering the amount of "bad" LDL,
• lowering blood sugar,
• helpful in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases
• detoxification of the body from toxins by both liver and blood detoxification (anti-atherosclerotic effect).

It is also considered a aphrodisiac because it improves the sexual performance of both women and men.

Sisandra should be avoided in case of insomnia, nervous hyperactivity, heart diseases, hypertension.

Chemical and nutritional components of schisandra chinensis fruit

Fruits contain a lot of "anti-aging" vitamin E, some vitamin C, organic acids (citric, malic), pectins, saponins, tannins, large amounts of minerals such as iron, copper, manganese, molybdenum, zinc, nickel, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus, but above all polyphenols such as lignans.

The wonderful properties of schisandrin and schisandrol lignans

Schizandrin and schizandrol are substances from the group of lignans with a very broad spectrum of activity. These lignans "fight" with viral hepatitis by activating enzymes in its cells that produce glutathione, i.e. a very strong antioxidant substance. That is why in China preparations are made from schisandra to fight viral hepatitis. Schizandra and schizandrol increase the efficiency of the body, improve the functioning of the nervous and respiratory systems.

Use of schisandra fruit

Fruits can be used to make preserves (juices, jams), tinctures, you can get an excellent dried fruit like Bio-Flavo. On the basis of dried fruit and leaves, you can prepare tea with a strengthening effect on the respiratory and nervous systems.

The vegetative parts together with the fruits of Schizandra are also used in perfumery due to the pleasant lemon scent.