purple oil cinnamon bark Cinnamomum cassia Presl
Interior-warming medicinesVery hot
Source-based · educational reference
Traditional recorded function
Supplement fire and assist yang, dispel cold and relieve pain, warm meridians and unblock vessels
1. Used for Kidney Yang deficiency syndrome. 2. Used for epigastric and abdominal cold pain, cold-damp Bi pain, chest Bi, and cold hernia abdominal pain due to cold congealing and blood stagnation. 3. Used for dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea due to cold congealing and blood stagnation. 4. Used for yin flat abscess.
Nature & taste
PungentSweetVery hot
Meridians entered
HeartSpleenLiverKidney
Herbal properties
Very hotReinforcingDispersingDrying
Found in these formulas
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