Pinyin Name: Wu Wei Zi
English Name: Schisandra
Properties: sour, warm
Channels Entered: Kidney, Lung, Heart

• Chronic cough, dyspnea or asthma
• Chronic consumptive cough
• Asthma
• Cough due to wind cold
  

• Spontaneous Sweating
• Spontaneous sweating and night sweating with qi deficiency

• Night sweating

• Excessive loss of body fluids
• Liver and Kidney yin deficiency
  

• Chronic diarrhea causing Spleen yang deficiency, jing deficiency and Large Intestine qi deficiency
• Early morning diarrhea
• Watery diarrhea with undigested food

• Inability of Kidney to retain jing (essence) because of deficiency

• Excessive urination caused by inability of Kidney qi to retain urine
• Urine light in color without burning

• Win and blood deficiency
• Palpitations, anxiety, insomnia and dream disturbed sleep

• Wu Wei Zi is contraindicated in the initial stages of common colds, cough, rashes or any exterior condition since it may trap pathogens inside the body
• It is also contraindicated in excess conditions such as damp heat, damp phlegm, Liver fire, wind heat or rashes that have not cleared
• Two rare cases of adverse reactions associated with Wu Wei Zi have been reported. following ingestion of an herbal decoction containing We Wei Zi, one case reported palpitations, shortness of breath, chest congestion, increased heart rate and pre-ventricular contraction. and case two reported respiratory suppression.