Cinnamon twig, Gui Zhi 桂枝 Gui Zhi (TCM) Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Cinnamomum cassia Parts used: twigs Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clear Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat:-acute Wind-Cold with sweat; Cold, Flu-“It relieves headache due to invading pathogenic Wind … expels exterior syndrome and induces perspiration” (Zhang Yuan Su)2. Warms the Yang, Clears Cold:-Palpitations from Heart Cold and Obstruction-Edema associated with Cold-also Amenorrhea associated with Cold obstruction-“tonifies the interior and reinforces Qi”. (Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing)-“It treats Heart pain” (Ming Yi Bie Lu)3. Clears Wind-Cold-Damp, Opens the Channels, Clears Obstructions:-Arthritic and Rheumatic complaints, especially of the Upper body-muscles and joint stiffness and pain from Wind-Cold-Damp-“facilitates movement of the joints” (Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing) Dose: 1. Take with Wine, Decocted in Wine, or the Tincture is better to Move the Blood.2. Taken as a hot decoction to promote Sweat.Decoction: 3–9 grams; 9–15 grams for painful obstruction; maximum 3–6 grams during Pregnancy.Powder: 1–3 grams Comment: 1. Cinnamon twig (Gui Zhi) is regarded as thin and light whereas Cinnamon (or Cassia) bark is thick and heavier. Cinnamon twig therefore moves up and clears (Wind-Cold-Damp from) the Exterior, while Cinnamon (or Cassia)…

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