Main components: contains volatile oil (cinnamon oil), of which the main components are cinnamaldehyde, cinnamic acid and so on.
Properties: the outer surface gray-brown, slightly rough, with irregular fine wrinkles and transversely raised lenticels, some visible gray-white mottled. The inner surface is reddish brown, slightly flat, with fine longitudinal lines, scratching the apparent oil marks, hard and brittle, easy to break, the section is not flat, the outer layer of brown and rougher, the inner layer of reddish brown and oily, between the two layers of a yellowish-brown line. Aroma strong, sweet, spicy flavor.
Functions and Indications: 1. Sweating and relieving the symptoms of wind-cold cold. With bad cold, headache, fever, floating pulse as the main symptoms. Gui Zhi can penetrate the Yingwei, dispersing the surface of the wind-cold, but sweating effect than ephedra moderate. When paired with ephedra, it is more powerful in sweating and dispersing cold. Gui Zhi can be used in cold and flu without sweating of the surface of the solid evidence, can also be used for external wind-cold with juice of the surface of the deficiency of the evidence.
2. Warming the meridians and dispersing cold Gui Zhi has the efficacy of warming the meridians, dispersing wind and dispersing cold, and relieving pain, and can be used for wind-cold and damp paralysis, and meridians are not accessible to the limbs and joints of pain. Such as joint inflammation of the limbs, all due to wind, cold and dampness, can be used in the treatment of Gui Zhi. 3. warm blood can be used for the cold stagnation, blood circulation is not running smoothly in a variety of conditions. Such as cold and numbness of the extremities, pain and discomfort, available Gui Zhi with Angelica sinensis, fine Xin and other warm through the run of the drug treatment.
Usage and dosage: decoction, 0.5-2 qian; or into pills, bulk.
Whether medical insurance: medical insurance
Whether over-the-counter: prescription
Other: 1. Excessive dosage can be sweaty, tiredness, panic and other injuries such as fluid depletion of qi. It can also cause miscarriage.
2. Gui Zhi is a pungent and warming antidote to the surface, and may aggravate the condition if treating wind-heat colds. Gui Zhi should also not be used if there is obvious redness, swelling and heat in joint pain. In the treatment of dysmenorrhea, it should be ensured that it is cold and blood stagnation before using cinnamon sticks.
As for you may be looking for the wrong so say the efficacy of astragalus:
To replenish the qi and solid surface, diuretic toxin, pus, astringent sores and muscle. Used for qi deficiency weakness, less food and loose stools, the qi subsidence, prolonged diarrhea and prolapse of the anus, blood leakage, table deficiency sweating, qi deficiency edema astragalus round tablets, carbuncle difficult to ulcer, long time ulceration is not convergence, blood deficiency impotence, internal heat thirst; chronic nephritis proteinuria, diabetes mellitus.
The role of astragalus:
1 Enhancement of immune function 2 Role of interferon 3 Enhancement of the body's ability to withstand hypoxia and stress 4 Promote body metabolism 5 Improvement of cardiac function 6 Antihypertensive effect 7 Hepatoprotective effect 8 Regulation of blood glucose 9 Antiinflammatory and inhibitory effect of viruses 10 Hormone-like effect
Introduction of astragalus: astragalus is sweet in taste, slightly warm in flavor, thin and strong in taste, can be ascending and descending, the yang of Yang also. It is non-toxic. Specialized in tonifying qi. Into the hand Taiyin, foot Taiyin, hand Shaoyin meridian. Its function is very much, and its unique effect, especially in the blood.
The Astragalus is the holy medicine of qi, how to make up for the unique effect of blood. The gas is invisible, the blood is tangible. The first time I saw this, I was able to see it in the back of my head, and I was able to see it in the back of my head. Astragalus used in angelica, since it can help to generate blood. The original angelica can produce blood, why use astragalus, I do not know the blood medicine to produce blood its work slowly, gas medicine to produce blood its work quickly, not to mention the gas and blood points of the drug, together and the same, then the blood and gas and quick birth, and why doubt it.
The therapeutic value of Astragalus:
The root of the leguminous herb Astragalus membranaceus, Astragalus membranaceus. Produced in Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Gansu, Heilongjiang and other places. Spring and fall digging, remove the fibrous roots, root head, sun-dried. Sliced, raw or honey-roasted.
[Properties] Sweet flavor, slightly warm. It can nourish the spleen and benefit the qi, nourish the lung and consolidate the surface, diuretic and reduce swelling.
Contains saponins, sucrose, polysaccharides, amino acids, folic acid and selenium, zinc, copper and other trace elements.
It has enhanced immune function, hepatoprotection, diuretic, anti-aging, anti-stress, antihypertensive and broader antibacterial effect. It can eliminate experimental nephritis proteinuria, enhance myocardial contractility, and regulate blood sugar levels.
[Usage] It is used for deficiency of spleen and stomach qi; deficiency of spleen qi, sinking of middle qi, prolapse of organs (prolapse of anus, prolapse of uterus, prolapse of stomach, etc.); weakness of lung qi, coughing and shortness of breath; deficiency of qi and spontaneous sweating, easy to catch a cold; deficiency of qi and oedema, urination; qi and blood insufficiency, anaemia, withering and yellowing of the limbs or numbness of the limbs or sores, creations that do not heal easily; thirst (diabetes mellitus).