Vinegar schisandra is sour, sweet, warm, and belongs to the lung, heart and kidney meridians. It has the effects of astringent to the lung and nourishing the kidney, generating fluid and astringent to sweat, astringent to sperm and stopping diarrhea, and tranquilizing the mind. This product can astringent lung qi on top and nourish kidney yin on the bottom. It is often used for cough with lung deficiency as well as cough and asthma with deficiency of both lung and kidney, and can be combined with poppy husk to treat lung deficiency with prolonged cough and little phlegm. For treating cold in the lung meridian and cough with persistent cough, vinegar wu wei zi can be combined with dry ginger, fine spice and licorice. It has good effect of benefiting qi, generating fluid and quenching thirst, and can be used to treat heat injury to qi and yin, heart panic and pulse deficiency, thirst and sweating, and can be combined with ginseng and maitong. For the treatment of Yin deficiency and internal heat and thirst, vinegar wu wei zi can be combined with yam, Zhi Mu and smallpox powder. For the treatment of Qi deficiency and spontaneous sweating, this product can be combined with Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng and Radix Astragali. For the treatment of Yin deficiency night sweat, Vinegar Schisandra can be combined with Mai Dong and Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum.