Cassia Twig
Cinnamomi Ramulus, Ramulus Cinnamomi
Gui Zhi

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; sweet; warm

Part(s) used

Twig

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To induce perspiration, to warm the channels and stimulate menstrual discharge, to reinforce yang, to relieve palpitation, and to promote the descending of qi.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind-cold exterior syndrome, cold-damp impediment pain, reversal cold of limbs, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, concretion and conglomeration, chest impediment, palpitation, phlegm-rheum, inhibited urination.