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Schisandra
Schisandra chinensis
The five-flavor berry of Chinese tonic medicine — sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, and salty in one hanging cluster.
Flavor
Sour first, then sweet-bitter, a little salt and spice. Cranberry’s serious cousin.
Symptoms
fatigue, cough, insomnia, brain fog
In favor
A handsome hardy vine
Against
Needs two sexes unless named self-fertile
Days to harvest
700–1,000 days from a young vine to a first decent crop
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