Cinnamon sticks are commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. Doctors through the ages have also conducted a lot of research on its sexual flavor function. Its sexual flavor is usually considered to be sweet and warm, and its efficacy is summarized in the Classic Sparse Evidence on Meridians, which is the most concise and perfect. Its cloud:Every drug should be studied for its physical uses. Gui Zhi benefits the joints, warms the meridians, and opens the arteries, as well as the body's functions.
"Su Wen. Yin and Yang Yingxiang Da Lun" said:The flavor is strong, it will release; if the gas is very thick, it will release heat; if it is pungent, it will disperse the knot; if it is sweet, it will make up for the deficiency. So it is also useful to harmonize the appearance of the face, to lower the gas and disperse adverse reactions, and to relieve pain and remove vexation. The way of covering is Yun said, Ying said, Yang Tong said, li shui, irrigation of the mouth, blockage, filling in the center.
Effects and functions of cinnamon sticks
Squeeze out sweat
Cinnamon sticks contain cinnamaldehyde, sodium anisate retardant tablets and other ingredients, which have the effect of promoting the flow of blood into the skin at night, can promote a large amount of sweating, and have a very good therapeutic effect on sweating-induced fever and colds.
2. Antibacterial and decongestant
Cinnamon sticks contain a variety of pure natural medicinal ingredients, which can solve the sensitive bacteria in the body, inhibit the specificity of Streptococcus helveticus, Bacillus subtilis, and Streptococcus lactis in the body, and avoid the inflammation of the body caused by this bacterial infection.
3. Reduce blood lipids
Cinnamon sticks in the cinnamon stick oil has the role of evaporation, can promote the mobility of blood night to the epidermis, but also has the role of softening blood vessels, can be moderately reduced heart rate. Hypertensive patients can take cinnamon sticks moderately to reduce heart rate.
4. Antiviral therapy
Cinnamon sticks have medicinal value components that can inhibit the specificity of various viral infections in the human body, preventing viral growth and reproduction, and preventing viral infections from causing damage to tissue cells. Regular use can prevent various viral diseases.
5. Nourish the liver and relieve alcohol
Guizhouzhi can also effectively treat steatohepatitis cirrhosis ascites, reduce the ethanol intermediary metabolite hydrogen bromide on the liver direct harm. It can also inhibit liver degeneration and atrophy and promote liver reconstruction.
6. Favor urination
Intravenous infusion of wuling san containing cinnamon sticks 0.20 g/kg can make the dog continuously urinate. Intravenous infusion of Gui Zhi alone (0.029 g/kg) was more favorable to urination than the other four formulas alone, thus Gui Zhi is one of the key diuretic components in Wu Ling San.
Contraindications of Gui Zhi
It is strictly forbidden to take Gui Zhi if you are suffering from low blood pressure, otherwise it will aggravate your condition. In addition, women who are already pregnant are also strictly prohibited from taking cinnamon sticks. After taking cinnamon sticks, they are very likely to cause contractions, which will have a negative impact on the development of the baby.
Medicinal value of cinnamon sticks
Cinnamon sticks are the dried branches of cinnamon, usually harvested in spring and summer. After removing the leaves, they can be dried directly or sliced and dried. Cinnamon sticks can dispel wind and cold, treating colds, fever and malignant cold.
Its flavor is pungent, sweet and warm, and enters the lung, heart and bladder meridians. It is a commonly used herb for treating indoor colds. It has the effect of strengthening the yang and opening the veins, warming the spleen and stomach. It is often paired with products that nourish the liver, kidney, qi and blood, and is used to treat kidney yang deficiency, failure of vital fire, and slightly cold pulse in the limbs. It is used in combination with other warming herbs to treat cold pain in the abdomen, cold arthralgia, and lumbago, with obvious pain-relieving effects. Various oil medicines such as Qingliang oil and rheumatism oil contain cinnamon oil.