Rou Gui (Dried Cinammon Bark)
Submitted by yyh_staff on Mon, 2008-06-09 09:53.
Chinese Name:
Rou GuiEnglish Name:
Dried Cinammon BarkFunctions and Usage:
- Warms the kidneys and fortifies yang - aversion to cold, cold limbs, weak back, impotence, frequent urination; also for waning of spleen and kidney yang with abdominal pain and cold, reduced appetite, diarrhea; wheezing due to failure of the kidneys to grasp the Qi.
- Leads floating yang back to its source - upward floating of deficient yang; flushed face, wheezing, severe sweating (like oil), weak and cold lower extremities, deficient and rootless pulse (false heat-true cold, or heat above-cold below).
- Disperses deep cold, warms the channels, alleviates pain due to cold causing qi or blood stasis; amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea.
- Encourages generation of Qi and blood.
Functional Groupings (Click for Summary/Study Notes):
Dosage and Preparation Notes:
- Dosage: 1.5-4.5g
Temperature and Taste Properties:
Contraindications:
- Antagonist with Chi Shi Zhi
Notes:
There are no additional notes for this herb.
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