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

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