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🌿 Herb

Cassia Bark

Open on HERB 2.0 ↗

Clinical Trials

Meta-Analyses

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

NCT03219411

Effects of Cinnamon Supplementation on Glucose Metabolism in Patients With Pre-diabetes

Completed · Phase 2

NCT04686552

Effect Cinnamon Spice on Postprandial Glucose and Insulin Responses

Completed

📊 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

🌿 All Herb data fields for Cassia Bark

🌿 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

HERB DB

HERB004694 ↗

SymMap

340 ↗

TCMID

7524

TCMSP

340

TCM-ID

1742

🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (31 fields)

name

Cassia Bark

chinese name

肉桂

pinyin name

Rou Gui

latin name

Cortex Cinnamomi; Cinnamomi Cortex

english name

Cassia Bark

properties english

Pungent; Sweet; Big Hot

meridians english

Kidney; Spleen; Heart; Liver

use part

Bark

symmap herb id

340

tcmid id

7524

tcmsp id

340

herb id str

HERB004694

function text

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

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.

therapeutic en class

Warming Interior Drugs

therapeutic cn class

温里药

tcm id id

1742

alias name

菌桂; 牡桂; 桂; 大桂; 筒桂; 辣桂; 玉桂

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🏥 Linked Health Topics

3 · studied for these conditions (text bridge)

📋 Clinical Trials

12 · subject of clinical study

NCT05210218 Cinnamon and Withania on Weight Loss

→ Obesity

NCT03219411 Effects of Cinnamon Supplementation on Glucose Metabolism in Patients With Pre-d

→ Dysglycemia|Obesity

NCT04686552 Effect Cinnamon Spice on Postprandial Glucose and Insulin Responses

→ Normal Weight|Overweight and Obesity

NCT03711682 Reducing Plasma Glucose Effect of Cinnamon in Type 2 Diabetic Patients in the Mu

→ Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

NCT04476160 Effectiveness of Cinnamon on Insulin Resistance ( ECIRCCOS ) December 1, 2019

→ Obesity, Childhood|Insulin Resistance|Insulin Sens

NCT04342624 Investigation of Cinnamon Spice on Glucose Tolerance in Subjects With Pre-diabet

→ PreDiabetes|Blood Glucose, High

NCT04259606 Effect of Cassia Cinnamon on Arterial Stiffness Parameters in Patients With Type

→ Arterial Stiffness

NCT01847053 Bioavailability Study of Cinnamon in Healthy Subjects

→ Healthy Males

NCT04023539 Effect of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum on Glycemic Levels of Adult Patients With Type 2

→ Type 2 Diabetes

NCT02455778 Effect of Oral Cinnamon Intervention in Metabolic Syndrome

→ Metabolic Syndrome

NCT00371800 The Effect of Cinnamon on HbA1c Among Adolescents With Type I Diabetes

→ Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

NCT00445354 Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Cinnamon to Lower Hemoglobin A1c

→ Diabetes

📊 Meta-Analyses

3 · systematic review

CRD42020183596 Efficacy of cassia cinnamon on hyperglycemia: A systematic review and meta-analy

→ Diabetes, group of metabolic disorders caused by d

CRD42023487350 The beneficial effects of cinnamon supplementation on blood pressure: An Umbrell

→ P: >18-year-old adults treated with cinnamon

CRD42023487585 Pain Alleviating Effects of Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum): A Systematic Review and

→ Pain.

📚 PubMed References

2 · cited research

PMID 21550075 Cinnamon increases liver glycogen in an animal model of insulin resistance

Metabolism

PMID 36034804 Cinnamomum cassia (L.) J.Presl Alleviates Allergic Responses in Asthmatic Mice v

Front Pharmacol

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