Gui Zhi
| Gui Zhi in TCM:Explore the properties of Gui Zhi according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: cinnamon twigs, cassia twigs
Pharmacuetical Name: Ramulus Cinnamoni
Properties: acrid, sweet, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: LU, HT, UB
Flavors: sweet, pungent
Tonifies: yang
Special Properties:
disperses cold, clears damp, resolves water accumulations, disperses wind, resolves phlegm, alleviates bi syndrome
Actions / Indications:
- Harmonizes Ying and Wei; release exterior wind-cold
(in combination with bai shao to harmonize ying and wei; induces sweating
to release exterior wind-cold excess)
- Warms and unblocks channels (gynecological problems
due to cold blockage of blood vessels, wind-cold-damp bi syndrome in
joints and limbs, especially shoulder)
- Warms Heart Yang Qi (irregular pulse, chest bi, palpitations
due to obstructed flow of yang qi in chest or heart)
- Warms Yang to Eliminate water or phlegm -
reduces edema (phlegm, fluids and edema accumulations due to
yang qi deficiency)
Special Notes:
- Compare to Rou Gui
- Gui Zhi has a slight diuretic effect, use caution with diuretic drugs.
Contraindications:
- (cc: pregnancy)
- (cc: excessive menstruation)
- (cc: warm febrile disease, yin deficiency with heat, bleeding due
to heat in blood)
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