Guizhi is a wind-cold medicine. It is the tender branches of the evergreen plant of the cinnamon .
[Prescription name] Cinnamon twig, tender Cinnamon twig, cinnamon twig twig
[Effects and indications] This product is spicy and warm to disperse the wind and cold on the surface, sweet and warm to help the yang, and sweat and relieve the muscles. Enter Heart meridian to carry blood to warm the meridians and unblock the yang, transform qi to promote water.
1. Sweating and relieving muscles: used for external wind-cold symptoms such as fever, chill aversion, headache, etc. It can be used without sweating. Sweat is often combined with white peony , which can harmonize the Ying and Wei, and has the effect of antiperspiration. If the symptoms are stools are not sweating, they will be used together with ephedra to enhance the ability to sweat.
2. Warm and unblock meridians: used for wind, cold, dampness, joint pain, and often used with aconite and ginger to unblock numbness and relieve pain. For menstruation, stagnation of menstruation, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea or Shaofu pain, etc., you can be combined with Danpi , Red Peony , Peach kernel , Poria cocos , etc. Treat chest pain chest pain leucorrhea. If moxibustion is combined with licorice , ginseng, donkey-hide gelatin , etc., it can cure heart palpitations and pulse dysfunction.
3. Tongyang and transform qi: used for phlegm and fluid syndrome caused by heart and spleen yang deficiency, failure of yang qi, and internal stop of water and dampness. It is often combined with Poria cocos, Atractylodes macrocephala, etc. The bladder gasification is not good, the urination is difficult, and edema is often used together with Poria cocos, Alisma .
[Doing and Usage]
3~10 grams, decoct.
[Precautions]
This product is spicy and warm to help yang, which can easily damage yin and promote blood circulation. Therefore, warm and fever diseases , yin deficiency and excessive yang, and blood heat are not allowed to take it; pregnant women and those who have had a lot of menstrual periods should be used with caution.
[Comparison of efficacy]
Cinnamon twig and ephedra can cause sweating and relieve exterior symptoms. However, ephedra is spicy and bitter, and is mainly used to spread and disperse, while cinnamon branches are spicy and sweet and warm, and use it to warm and unblock. Therefore, if the lung qi is congested and the pores are dense, ephedra is used for those who have no sweating; if the pores are loose, , the exterior deficiency is weak and , spontaneous sweating is used for those who have cinnamon twigs. Ephedra can also relieve the lungs and relieve asthma, treat cough and asthma caused by congestion of lung qi, and can promote diuresis and reduce edema. Guizhi can also warm the meridians and unblock yang to treat cold and dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, chest pain, palpitations and and other symptoms.
[Medical Ingredients and Pharmacology]
contains volatile oils such as cinnamon and cinnamon oil, as well as soft, mucus, resin, etc. This product can dilate the skin blood vessels, which is conducive to heat dissipation and sweating. It has analgesic, diuretic, antibacterial and antiviral effects.
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