Schisandra and Rock Sugar Decoction

Herbal Tea Name: Schisandra and Rock Sugar Decoction

Chinese Name: 金樱子冰糖饮

Formula

30 grams of Schisandra fruit, 20 grams of rock sugar.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Sort the Schisandra berries to remove impurities, then wash them. Place them in a pot with rock sugar and an appropriate amount of water, and simmer for 1 hour.

Efficacy

Nourishes the kidneys and consolidates essence. Suitable for nocturnal emissions caused by unstable kidney essence.

Usage

Take once daily, in the morning and evening.

Commentary

Schisandra fruit (Wu-wei-zi) assumes the leading (chief) role. Sour, sweet-warm in property, it enters the Lung, Heart, Kidney meridians, and works to astringe, generate fluids and tonify the kidney. Rock sugar (Bing-tang) rounds out the formula as the envoy herb, working to moisten the lung and harmonize the formula and moderate the overall properties. United, the ingredients nourish the kidneys and consolidates essence, addressing the root disturbance of the nocturnal emission pattern.

Schisandra and Rock Sugar Decoction,From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the kidneys and consolidates essence. Suitable for nocturnal emissions caused by unstable kidney essence.