Introduction: The fruit is like grapes, a snack when I was a child, and the "ten perfect tonic fruits" in the ancient population, are rare today
The countryside is vast and abundant, and wild plants are naturally very rich. These plants have different shapes and characteristics, and their names are varied. Each plant in nature has its origin, the ancients are very wise, some plants are named after shapes, such as piercing stones, iron-clad gold, bangda bowls, gourd tea, beads under leaves, half lotus and so on.
Some plants are named after people, such as Xu Changqing, Han Xin grass, dragon kui, etc.; Some plants are named after their efficacy, such as elderberry, motherwort, blood wort, etc., and some plants are named after flowers, such as water flowers, periwinkles, jade leaf golden flowers, night fragrance flowers, mussel orchids, etc.
In fact, there is another plant in nature that is named after taste, such as the plant we want to share today, it is special. Generally speaking, most plants have only one taste, but this plant has five flavors, and because of its unique taste, the ancients named it "Schisandra".
Schisandra is called Schisandra mainly because its fruit, although it looks very similar to grapes, bunches, but it is different from grapes. Grapes are either sour or sweet, but they contain five flavors: sweet, sour, bitter and salty, which is its magic.
The skin and flesh of Schisandra taste sweet and sour, while its core has a sweet and salty taste, which is the origin of Schisandra. Our traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to the five flavors of food, each taste represents a kind of five internal organs, but Schisandra represents the five internal organs, which can be said to be a very valuable Chinese medicinal material.
Schisandra is a deciduous woody vine of the magnolia family, which grows vertically on other plants like vines, and grows on rural slopes, forest edges, ditches, valleys, streams and other places, and is widely distributed, mainly produced in Shandong, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Liaoning, Heilongjiang and other provinces and regions.
Its petioles are red, called thick, the freshly produced fruit is cyan, bunches, like cyan creeping, the ripe fruit is larger, and purple and translucent, the flesh is also very rich, it tastes sweet and sour, and smells of a unique aroma.
This ripe fruit is the snack we often eat when we are young, every year when the schisandra is ripe, friends will often go to the mountains to pick its fruit to eat, while picking and eating, and will not finish eating it will be taken home to parents to make wine, used to make wine is a must, not only taste sweet and sour, but also have the effect of replenishing deficiency.
Although the core of Schisandra is small, it has two seeds, looks like two kidneys, and has three flavors, and has high medicinal value, which is the meaning of the so-called "sparrow is small, but has all the organs". Anyone who knows it will pick some back, which can be used to make tea, wine, or soup, and there are various methods.
People who know Schisandra know that its medicinal value is very high, its fruits, seeds, flowers, leaves, roots can be used in medicine, especially its seed value is higher, with the effect of astringent and astringent, invigorating qi and vitality, tonifying the kidney and calming the heart, and has a certain effect on dreams and slippery sperm, long-term diarrhea, long-term wheezing, enuresis and frequent urination, self-sweating night sweats, jin wound drinking, palpitations and insomnia.
Schisandra has been a traditional medicine commonly used by the people since ancient times, precisely because it has so many effects, but also a natural tonic that can nourish the five internal organs, so the ancients called it "ten perfect tonic fruits" and is very popular in rural areas.
Dear friends, do you have this kind of schisandra in your hometown? Its fruit is like grapes, a snack that I used to eat when I was a child, and the "ten perfect tonic fruits" in the ancient population, are rare and precious today. If you meet in your hometown, please cherish it, it is a must for soaking wine, and it has a certain tonic effect.