Effects and functions of cinnamon wood

I wonder if you have ever heard of cinnamon bark. Dried cinnamon wood has great benefits for regulating our body and can also play a good role in treating some diseases. Today let us look at the relevant knowledge about dried cinnamon wood.

[Other names] Dog fruit (Records of Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan), Rouge (Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines by Guangzhou Army).

[Source] It is the fruit of the cinnamon tree of the Moraceae family. Harvested in autumn, sliced ​​and sun-dried.

[Original form] Cassia wood, also known as red osmanthus wood.

【Habitat distribution】 Mostly cultivated. Distributed in Guangdong and Guangxi. Produced in Guangdong and Guangxi.

[Properties] Dry fleshy aggregate fruit, nearly spherical, 2 to 3 cm in diameter, with a short and thick fruit stalk. The surface is wrinkled, gray-green to brown, and some are covered with rusty soft hairs. Most commercial products are cut into thick slices about 0.3 to 1 cm thick. The flesh in cross section is mostly a thick fleshy body formed by the perianth, which is light brown to brown in color. Achenes are numerous, heart-shaped or ovate, small, yellow-brown, and buried in the fleshy body. It has a slight odor and tastes sour and slightly sweet.

[Properties and flavors] Guangzhou Army's "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines": "sour, flat."

【Functions and indications】Promotes the production of body fluids and stops bleeding, stimulates appetite and resolves phlegm. Treats heat thirst, coughing up blood, vomiting blood, nosebleed, sore throat, and loss of appetite.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.5 to 1 liang.

[Note] The fruits of the same genus plant, white cassia tree, can also be used as medicine. The leaves of white cassia tree are rectangular, covered with small white hairs on the underside, with obvious reticular veins; the male flowers are 12 to 16 mm long; the fruit has a long stalk, about 1.5 cm in diameter, and is covered with soft hairs. Distributed in Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】From "Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine" Ⅱ. "Records of Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan": The root of white cinnamon wood can also be used as medicine.

Through the above description, we know what cinnamon wood stem is and what effects it has. Dried cinnamon wood has high medicinal value and is beneficial to improving the immune system. It is a worthy choice for us.