Gui Zhi
Ramulus Cinnamomi桂枝
- Nature
- Warm
- Flavours
- Acrid/Pungent, Sweet
- Meridians
- Bladder, Heart, Lung
- Class
- Acid-Warm Exterior-Releasing Medicinals (Xin Wen Jie Biao Yao)
- Dosage
- 3–10 g
Actions / Functions
- Dissipates Wind-Cold
- Dissipates Cold
- Liberates the Surface
- Favors perspiration
- Warms the Channels (Wen Jing)
- Relaxes the tendons and liberates the joints
- Libère les muscles et la couche superficielle
- Unblocks (liberates) the Luo Channels
- Eliminates pain
- Mobilizes Qi
- Warms and unblocks Yang
- Warms and supplements Heart Yang
- Favors Water elimination (diuresis)
- Warms the uterus