ancient wisdom · Herb
Cassia Twig
Cassia Twig. Class: Pungent-Warm Exterior-Releasing Medicinal. Properties: Pungent; Sweet; Warm. Meridians: Heart; Lung; Bladder
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Gui Zhi
中文名 (Chinese)
桂枝
Latin Name
Cinnamomi Ramulus; Ramulus Cinnamomi
English Name
Cassia Twig
Alias Names
柳桂
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Sweet; Warm
Meridians (归经)
Heart; Lung; Bladder
Part Used
Twig
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Pungent-Warm Exterior-Releasing Medicinal
功效分类 (CN)
辛温解表药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To induce perspiration, to warm the channels and stimulate menstrual discharge, to reinforce yang, to relieve palpitation, and to promote the descending of qi.
Indication (主治)
Wind-cold exterior syndrome, cold-damp impediment pain, reversal cold of limbs, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, concretion and conglomeration, chest impediment, palpitation, phlegm-rheum, inhibited urination.
Clinical Manifestations
1. sedative , analgesic and anticonvulsive: intraperitoneal injection of cinnamic aldehyde relieves pain elicited by acetic acid in mice and antagonizes strychnine-induced tonic convulsion (500mg/kg).2. antipyretic: lowering vaccine-induced fever in rabbi
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📚 Sample References
PMID 34673348
Cardioprotective activity of ethyl acetate extract of Cinnamomi Ramulus against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats via inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation and pyroptosis
Phytomedicine · 2021
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