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Pin Yin:
gui zhi
Common name: cinnamon twig
Botanical family: Lauraceae
Botanical name: Cinnamomum cassia Blume et Presl.
Primary action: Release Wind Cold
Secondary actions:
Rectify Qi;
Supplement Yang
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid, sweet
Entering Channel: Lu, UB
Actions:
Harmonizes the Ying (Nutritive action) and the Wei (protective) Qi.
Warms and disperses Cold in the Exterior, the Channels and muscles.
Fortifies Heart Yang and relieves palpitations.
Relieves edema associated with Cold Phlegm or poor circulation of Yang
Qi.
(See
Vacuity of Protective Qi
;
Exterior Cold
;
Heart Yang Vacuity
;
Cold Phlegm Blocking Lungs
;
Kidney Yang Vacuity
.)
Indications: chills, fever, joint pain, chest pain,
shoulder pain, dysuria, dysmenorrhea, menstrual pain
Dosage:
1-3 qian; 3-5 when used for pain due to Stagnant Cold.
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