Gui branch (Cinnamomum cassia)

桂枝guì zhīGuizhi

Cinnamomum cassia · Plant

Cinnamomum cassia
Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications

Cautions

Caution with bleeding disorders; may enhance anticoagulants.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Gui branch for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Amenorrhea & DysmenorrheaChest ImpedimentCold-damp Impediment PainConcretion & ConglomerationInhibited UrinationPalpitationPhlegm-rheumReversal Cold Of LimbsWind-cold Exterior Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Gui branch does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Dissipate Cold & Resolve ExteriorPromote Yang & Transform QiWarm Channels & Free Network Vessels