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Cinnamon Bark (Cassia) 肉桂

Ròu Guì · Cinnamomum cassia (Cortex)

Warm the Channels 温经
Nature
Hot 大热
Flavour
Pungent, sweet 辛、甘
Channels
Kidney, Spleen, Heart, Liver 肾·脾·心·肝
Part used
Trunk/branch bark
Species
Cinnamomum cassia Presl
Origin
Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan

Traditional actions

Warms and tonifies Kidney yang, disperses deep cold and stops pain, warms the channels and unblocks the vessels, guides fire back to its source.

Traditionally used for

Cold limbs, weak cold lower back, cold-type abdominal/period pain, poor circulation from cold.

How it is prepared

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