Make sure you get enough sleep How have you been sleeping lately? Clinical research indicates that people who get less than six hours of sleep each night are more than four times as likely to develop a common cold after exposure to the viruses that cause them than people who sleep for longer periods of time.¹9
Schisandra relieves sleeplessness & supports immune defences In TCM, schisandra berries are traditionally used to relieve sleeplessness, including difficulty falling asleep and frequent waking. They’re also taken to relieve coughs in TCM, ² and are traditionally considered especially beneficial for people who’ve experienced several colds in a row. ¹5
Sleep more when you're sick
If you do come down with a common cold, be sure to get as much sleep as your body needs because it’s hypothesised that the immune system’s ability to ‘remember’ the infectious organisms it encounters may be enhanced during periods of deep sleep.²0
Schisandra berries are traditionally used as both a herbal medicine and a therapeutic food in TCM. Their Chinese name WuWei Zi means ‘five taste berry’ because they’re simultaneously sweet, spicy, salty, bitter and sour. ¹5 , ²1
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