Ramulus Cinnamomi is a dry twig of Cinnamomum cassia, which is usually harvested in spring and summer, dried or sliced directly after defoliation. Ramulus Cinnamomi is warm, can dispel wind and dispel cold, and can treat wind-cold, fever and aversion to cold.
Pungent, sweet and warm in nature, entering the lung, heart and bladder meridian. It is a commonly used medicine for warming the interior for treating internal cold, and has the effects of nourishing Yuanyang, promoting blood circulation and warming the middle warmer. It is often combined with herbs for nourishing liver and kidney and qi and blood, and is used to treat deficiency of kidney yang, asthenia due to qi deficiency and weakness of limbs. It is also compatible with other drugs for warming the interior, and can be used to treat epigastric pain and lumbago caused by cold arthralgia, with obvious analgesic effect. All kinds of oil drugs for expelling wind, such as cooling oil and rheumatic oil, contain cinnamon oil.
Main effects: Ramulus Cinnamomi can sweat and relax muscles and tendons, warm meridians and dredge veins, help yang to transform qi, dispel cold and relieve pain. Wind-cold exterior syndrome; Cold-dampness arthralgia; Cold limbs; Amenorrhea dysmenorrhea; Abdominal agglomeration; Chest pain; Palpitation; Phlegm drinking; It is not good to urinate. Used for common cold, epigastric cold pain, blood cold amenorrhea, joint pain, phlegm retention, edema, palpitation and dolphin run. Usage and dosage: 3 ~ 9g. The main component of "phenylpropanoid alum" which is mainly used to treat leprosy is cinnamon oil. Other by-products of cinnamon, such as cassia twig, cassia seed, cinnamon, etc. It has different pharmacological effects and is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Commonly used function: 1. It's cold and cold. This product is warm, warm, yang-supporting and health-care. Its function of opening furuncle and sweating is milder than that of Herba Ephedrae, but it is good at spreading Yang Qi to Wei point and nourishing blood to the muscle surface, so it is helpful to defend exterior, sweat and relieve exterior and dispel cold. Exogenous wind-cold, suitable for those with exterior excess and no sweat, exterior deficiency and sweating, yang deficiency and cold. For exogenous wind-cold, exterior and interior without sweating, it is often used with Mahuang to disperse lung and wind-cold, for example, Mahuang Decoction in Treatise on Febrile Diseases. For those suffering from exogenous wind-cold, superficial deficiency and excessive sweating, it should be used together with Radix Paeoniae Alba to harmonize camp and Wei, sweating and relieving exterior symptoms, such as Guizhi Decoction in Treatise on Febrile Diseases. Herba Ephedrae, Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata and Asari can be combined to dispel wind-cold and warm yang for those suffering from exogenous wind-cold.
2. Syndrome of cold coagulation and blood stasis. This product is pungent and has the effects of warming meridians, dredging collaterals, dispelling cold and relieving pain. For patients with chest yang deficiency, heart pulse stasis, chest obstruction and heartache, Guizhi can warm and tonify kidney yang, and is often used with Fructus Aurantii Immaturus and Bulbus Allii Macrostemi, such as Guizhi Decoction of Fructus Aurantii Immaturus and Bulbus Allii Macrostemi (Synopsis of the Golden Chamber); If the middle energizer is deficient in cold and the epigastric pain is cold, Guizhi can warm the middle energizer to dispel cold and relieve pain. It is combined with Radix Paeoniae Alba and maltose, such as Xiaojianzhong Decoction from Synopsis of Golden Chamber. For women with cold and blood stasis, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, and postpartum abdominal pain, Guizhi can not only warm and disperse cold and blood stasis, but also promote blood circulation drugs to enhance the efficacy of removing blood stasis and relieving pain. It is often used with Danggui and Evodia rutaecarpa, such as Wenjing Decoction (Synopsis of the Golden Chamber); For arthralgia due to wind-cold-dampness and pain in shoulder and arm, it can be combined with Radix Aconiti Lateralis to dispel wind and dispel cold and relieve pain, such as Guizhi Fuzi Decoction from Treatise on Febrile Diseases. 3. Phlegm drinking water storage certificate. This taste is sweet and warm, which can not only warm and tonify spleen and yang to help transport water, but also warm and tonify kidney and yang, drive away cold and evil spirits to help bladder gasification, and promote the evil of water dampness and phlegm. It is a commonly used drug for treating phlegm retention syndrome. For example, dizziness, palpitation and cough caused by stagnation of spleen yang are often combined with Poria and Atractylodes macrocephala, such as Gui Ling Zhugan Decoction (Synopsis of Golden Chamber); If bladder gasification is not smooth and edema and urination are unfavorable, it is combined with Poria, Polyporus and Alisma, such as Wuling Powder (Treatise on Febrile Diseases). 4. palpitations. It is sweet in taste and warm in nature, and can help heart yang, dredge blood vessels and stop palpitation. If the heart-yang deficiency is weak, and the blood vessels are blocked, but the palpitation and pulse knot are caused, it is used equally with Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, Ginseng Radix and Ophiopogon japonicus, for example, Zhigancao Decoction (Treatise on Febrile Diseases). If yin and cold are abundant, the lower energizer flushes qi, while the upper energizer flushes the dolphin, so this product is often reused, such as Guizhi Jia Gui Decoction (Treatise on Febrile Diseases). Usage and dosage: decocted, 3-9g. Precautions: this product is pungent and warm, and it is easy to hurt yin and promote blood circulation. It is not suitable for any syndrome such as exogenous fever, excessive fire due to yin deficiency and blood heat. Use with caution for pregnant women and those with menorrhagia.
economic value
Cinnamon is a precious spice plant. In western countries, cinnamon powder is usually used for baking bread, snacks and cured meat. In addition to cinnamaldehyde, cinnamon oil also contains more than ten kinds of components such as benzaldehyde, cinnamyl alcohol, syringone and coumarin. It is widely used in the flavoring of drinks and foods, pharmaceutical formulations, mixed essences and advanced cosmetics. Cinnamon is excellent in material, meticulous in structure and not easy to crack, so it can be used to make high-grade furniture.
Ecological value
Cinnamomum cassia trees are evergreen all the year round, with lush foliage, large biomass and many fallen leaves, which can effectively improve soil and conserve water.