The effects of Fructus Schisandrae chinensis are astringency of the lungs (astringency of the lung qi) to reduce fire, astringency of the intestines to stop diarrhea (alleviate diarrhea by enhancing the astringency of the intestines), astringency of sweating, stopping bleeding, and astringency of dampness and sores. It is used for prolonged coughing due to lung deficiency, coughing with phlegm due to lung heat, prolonged diarrhea and dysentery, thirst, hemorrhoidal blood in stool, bleeding from wounds, carbuncle, swollen sores and poison, and wet and rotting skin. Wu Bei Zi is an astringent medicine, sour and astringent flavor, cold in nature. It can be used to treat lung deficiency or lung-heat cough, diarrhea for a long time, daytime sweating, nighttime sweating, blood hemorrhoids, traumatic bleeding, carbuncle sores and skin ulcers. Because of its astringent effect, it can also be used for the treatment of spermatorrhea, white urine (cloudy urine like white slurry). This product is not recommended for people with wind-cold cough or damp-heat diarrhea (diarrhea caused by feeling damp-heat evil). If you need to use Wu Bei Zi, you should ask a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to identify and treat the symptoms, do not take it blindly on your own.