I remember when I was at college how I, and the students around me, loved Schizandra. We all tried it out on ourselves and certain family members and saw the rapid positive response.
It has and extensive history of use in TCM, as an anti-ageing, sedative and tonic agent, making it useful for anxiety, insomnia, palpitations and night sweats. However, I use it as a Phase II liver detoxer mostly.
After looking at the results of recent clinical trials, I will use it more often and for a broader range of indications. Especially as it is know to alleviate elevations in noradrenaline, dopamine, serotonin and plasma corticosterone levels. Its beneficial effects on the nervous system aiding neurological and psychiatric disorders makes it unique in our materia medica. It is said to transform a worrier into a warrior…. making it highly indicated for many of my patients…. what about yours?
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