ancient wisdom · Herb
Cassia Bark
Cassia Bark. Class: Warming Interior Drugs. Properties: Pungent; Sweet; Big Hot. Meridians: Kidney; Spleen; Heart; Liver
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Rou Gui
中文名 (Chinese)
肉桂
Latin Name
Cortex Cinnamomi; Cinnamomi Cortex
English Name
Cassia Bark
Alias Names
菌桂牡桂桂大桂筒桂辣桂玉桂
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Sweet; Big Hot
Meridians (归经)
Kidney; Spleen; Heart; Liver
Part Used
Bark
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Warming Interior Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
温里药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To supplement body fire, reinforce yang, and lead the fire back to the kidney, to dispel cold and relieve pain, and to activate blood circulation and stimulate menstrual discharge.
Indication (主治)
Impotence, uterus cold, cold pain in lumbus and knees, kidney vacuity asthma, yang vacuity dizziness, red eyes and sore pharynx, cold pain in heart and abdomen, vacuity cold vomiting and diarrhea, cold mounting, running piglet, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea.
Clinical Manifestations
Its volatile oil contains cinnamic aldehyde, cinnamic acid and cinnamyl acetate, can promote saliva secretion and digestion, and exert an antispasmodic effect on smooth muscles of internal organs.
🔗 External References
14
Clinical Trials
3
Meta-Analyses
2
PubMed References
Top Conditions Studied with Cassia Bark
Type 2 Diabetes 1
Diabetes 1
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus 1
Arterial Stiffness 1
PreDiabetes|Blood Glucose, High 1
Obesity, Childhood|Insulin Resistance|Insulin Sensitivity 1
Obesity 1
Normal Weight|Overweight and Obesity 1
Metabolic Syndrome 1
Pain. 1
Insulin Resistance|Impaired Glucose Tolerance|Prediabetes 1
P: >18-year-old adults treated with cinnamon 1
📋 Sample Trials
NCT05210218
Cinnamon and Withania on Weight Loss
Completed · Obesity
NCT03219411
Effects of Cinnamon Supplementation on Glucose Metabolism in Patients With Pre-diabetes
Completed · Phase 2 · Dysglycemia|Obesity
NCT04686552
Effect Cinnamon Spice on Postprandial Glucose and Insulin Responses
Completed · Normal Weight|Overweight and Obesity
NCT03711682
Reducing Plasma Glucose Effect of Cinnamon in Type 2 Diabetic Patients in the Municipality of Comasagua
Completed · Phase 2|Phase 3 · Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
NCT04476160
Effectiveness of Cinnamon on Insulin Resistance ( ECIRCCOS ) December 1, 2019
Unknown · Obesity, Childhood|Insulin Resistance|In
NCT04342624
Investigation of Cinnamon Spice on Glucose Tolerance in Subjects With Pre-diabetes
Completed · PreDiabetes|Blood Glucose, High
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
CRD42020183596
Efficacy of cassia cinnamon on hyperglycemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Diabetes, group of metabolic disorders caused by defects in insulin production o
CRD42023487350
The beneficial effects of cinnamon supplementation on blood pressure: An Umbrella Review of Meta-analyses
P: >18-year-old adults treated with cinnamon
CRD42023487585
Pain Alleviating Effects of Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum): A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Pain.
📚 Sample References
PMID 21550075
Cinnamon increases liver glycogen in an animal model of insulin resistance
Metabolism · 2011
PMID 36034804
Cinnamomum cassia (L.) J.Presl Alleviates Allergic Responses in Asthmatic Mice via Suppression of MAPKs and MMP-9
Front Pharmacol · 2022
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