Cinnamomum cassia Presl.Cassia Twig Extract.

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More Common Indications of Cassia Twig.

Cassia Twig Extract INCI Name Cinnamomum Cassia Extract CAS 84961-46-6 EINECS ELINCS No 284-635-0 Cinnamon Extract photo picture image General Action:To induce perspiration, to warm the channels and stimulate menstrual discharge, to reinforce yang, to relieve palpitation, and to promote the descending of qi.

 Common Indications:Common cold; epigastric pain with cold feeling; amenorrhea due to cold in blood; arthralgia; edema; cardiac palpitation; gastro-intestinal neurosis with a feeling of masses of gas rushing up through the chest to the throat from the lower abdomen.

 1. Wind-cold type of exterior syndrome:Cinnamon twigs (Guizhi) used with Ephedra (Mahuang) increases the diaphoretic action of the herb.

 2. Wind-cold type of exterior deficiency syndrome manifested as sweating, aversion to wind, fever and superficial and tardy pulse:Cinnamon twigs (Guizhi) is used with White peony root (Baishao) in the formula Guizhi Tang.

 3. Arthritic pain caused by invasion of exogenous wind, cold and damp manifested as soreness and pain in the joints, limbs, shoulders and back:Cinnamon twigs (Guizhi) is used with Prepared aconite root (Fuzi).

 4. Deficiency of yang in the heart and spleen manifested as palpitations, edema and shortness of breath:Cinnamon twigs (Guizhi) is used with Poria (Fuling) and White atractylodes (Baizhu).

 5. Weakness of yang in the chest (including what is known as Angina pectoria in Western medicine) manifested as pain in the chest, palpitations, or intermittent pulse:Cinnamon twigs (Guizhi) is used with Macrostem onion (Xiebai) and Trichosanthes fruit (Gualou).

 6. Amenorrhea abdominal pain due to cold invasion and blood stasis:Cinnamon twigs (Guizhi) is used with Peach seed (Taoren), Moutan bark (Mudanpi) and Poria (Fuling) in the formula Guizhi Fuling Wan.

 7. Used in external contraction wind cold with symptoms of headache, aversion to cold, etc:

 For exterior vacuity spontaneous perspiration, Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae is commonly combined with Radix Albus Paeoniae Lactiflorae (Bai Shao), uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang), Fructus Zizyphi Jujubae (Da Zao), and Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gan Cao). This is then called Gui Zhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction). For exterior repletion lack of sweating, one can combine Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae with Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang), etc. as in Ma Huang Tang (Ephedra Decoction).

 8. Used for wind cold damp impediment, shoulder, upper arm, and extremity joint soreness and pain:

 If wind dampness is in the exterior and exterior yang is tending to be vacuous, one can combine Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae with Radix Lateralis Praeparatus Aconiti Carmichaeli (Fu Zi), etc. as in Gui Zhi Fu Zi Tang (Cinnamon Twigs and Aconite Decoction). If there is an insufficiency of constructive and defensive qi with blood impediment stubborn numbness, one can combine Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae with Radix Astragali Membranacei (Huang Qi) and Radix Paeoniae Lactiflorae (Shao Yao) as in Huang Qi Gui Zhi Wu Wu Tang (Astragalus and Cinnamon Twig Five Materials Decoction).

 9. Used for women blood cold stasis and stagnation with menstrual irregularity, blocked menstruation, abdominal pain, and concretions and conglomerations:

 Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae is commonly combined with Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Dang Gui), Radix Paeoniae (Shao Yao), Radix Ligustici Wallichii (Chuan Xiong), Semen Pruni Persicae (Tao Ren), Cortex Radicis Moutan (Dan Pi), and other such blood-quickening, freeing the flow of the channels medicinals as in Wen Jing Tang (Warm the Channels Decoction) or Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan (Cinnamon Twigs and Poria Pills).

 10. Used for middle burner vacuity cold with stomach and venter insidious pain with a liking for obtaining warmth and pressure:

 In that case, Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae is commonly combined with Radix Albus Paeoniae Lactiflorae (Bai Shao), Maltose (Yi Tang), and Radix Astragali Membranacei (Huang Qi) as in Huang Qi Jian Zhong Tang (Astragalus Fortify the Center Decoction).

 11. Used for heart-spleen yang vacuity, yang qi not moving, with water dampness gathering internally:

 The symptoms of this are upper back pain and rib-side distention, cough counterflow, and dizziness. In that case, Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae is commonly combined with Sclerotium Poriae Cocos (Fu Ling) and Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (Bai Zhu) as in Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang (Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction). If there is urinary bladder qi transformation not moving inhibited urination and water swelling, Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae is commonly combined with Sclerotium Poriae Cocos (Fu Ling) and Sclerotium Polypori Umbellati (Zhu Ling) as in Wu Ling San (Five [Ingredients] Poria Powder).

 12. Used for chest impediment and chest pain or heart stirring palpitations and a bound, regularly intermittent pulse:

 For the former, Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae is commonly combined with Fructus Immaturus Citri Aurantii (Zhi Shi), Fructus Trichosanthis Kirlowii (Gua Lou), and Bulbus Allii (Xie Bai) as in Zhi Shi Xie Bai Gui Zhi Tang (Immature Aurantium, Allium and Cinnamon Twig Decoction). For the latter, Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae is commonly combined with mix-fried Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gan Cao), Radix Panacis Ginseng (Ren Shen), and Gelatinum Corii Asini (E Jiao) as in Zhi Gan Cao Tang (Mix-fried Licorice Decoction).

 13. Gastrointestinal Conditions:prevents uncomfortable bloating,relieves diarrhea,relieves flatulence (gas/wind),relieves griping,relieves nausea,relieves weakness of the stomach,stops vomiting

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last edit date:25th,May.2009.