Japanese Cinnamon
Cortex Cinnamomi Japonici, Cortex Cinnamomi Burmannii, Cortex Cinnamomi Wilsonii
Gui Pi

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acrid

Part(s) used

Bark

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To warm spleen and stomach, warm liver and kidney, dispel cold and relieve pain, dissipate stasis and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Cold pain in stomach duct and abdomen, vomiting and diarrhea, aching cold in lumbus and knees, cold mounting with abdominal pain, cold-damp impediment pain, dysmenorrhea, blood dysentery, intestinal wind, painful swelling from knocks and falls.