Traditional Chinese Medicine/Gui Zhi

Cinnamon Twig

(Chinese: 桂枝)

Taste & Temperature:
 * ../Xin-Spicy/
 * ../Gan-Sweet/
 * ../Wen-Warm/

Channels:
 * Hand Tai Yin of Lung (b/c Xin-Spicy?)
 * Foot Tai Yang of Urinary Bladder
 * Hand Shao Yin of Heart

Actions & Indications:
 * harmonize Ying/Wei Qi
 * warm channels, dispel Cold
 * warm & activate Yang Qi in chest
 * warm & activate Yang Qi in Blood Vessels

Contrainditations:
 * warm frebile disorders
 * Yin deficiency Heat
 * Blood Heat with vomiting

Caution:
 * pregnancy
 * excessive menstruation

Dosage:
 * 1-3 qian (3-9 grams)
 * 9-15 qian (27-45 grams) ???

Used: Often

Friend: ../Ma Huang/

back to
 * ../TCM Materia Medica/
 * ../Xin Wen Jie Biao/