The efficacy and function of traditional Chinese medicine cinnamon heart

I don't know if you have eaten the traditional Chinese medicine cinnamon heart in your life. Guixing means the oil of the tree. It is the part of the oil layer inside the rough bark of the cinnamon tree that is removed and preserved. It is a very precious medicinal material. Because one catty of cinnamon can only get two taels of cinnamon heart, it is very precious to extract it, and the extraction process is also more troublesome, but it can warm the liver and benefit the lungs. So what are the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine cinnamon heart?

【Product Name】Cinnamon heart.

[Effects] Warms the middle, benefits the liver and lungs, and dispels cold and counter-flowing qi.

[Usage] Used in the preparation of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions or ground into powder and brewed into tea.

[Contraindications] Do not take this medicine if you have fever without sweating, constipation or frequent urination. Do not take it alone if you have blood deficiency.

This product is the real cinnamon core, which is made from purple oil cinnamon trees that are hundreds of years old, with only the oil layer retained. One pound of cinnamon has only 2-3 taels of cinnamon core, which is the best quality among all cinnamon trees and has the best effects.

This cinnamon core is rarely seen on the market. I hope that the following article will draw everyone's attention to cinnamon and its core part, the cinnamon core.

[Repost] The efficacy and application of traditional Chinese medicine cinnamon heart

"Compendium of Materia Medica" (Southern China, Tao Hongjing, around 490 AD): "When using cinnamon, bark of tung, eucommia bark, qinpi, magnolia and the like, peel off the soft and soft parts on the top, and weigh the parts with flavor inside." "Whenever a prescription says to use one foot of cinnamon, peel off the skin and weigh half a liang as the correct weight." This theory of Tao was adopted in the "Newly Revised Materia Medica" of the Tang Dynasty.

The entry on purple cinnamon in Leigong Paozhi Lun (Sui Dynasty, Lei Xiao, around 600 AD) reads: "When using, do not use thin ones, but purple and thick ones. Remove the rough skin and use the spicy part in the center. For every pound of thick purple cinnamon, only use five ounces, and use the spicy part raw."

In ancient times, half a catty was equal to eight taels, and one catty was equal to 16 taels. 16 taels of cinnamon only equals 5 taels, which is less than one-third of the total weight. It is obvious that this is not simply cinnamon with the rough skin removed.

Friends who are familiar with traditional Chinese medicine should be very clear about the status and value of the above two works in traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy, which shows that before the Tang Dynasty, the cinnamon used was most likely cinnamon heart. "Annotations to the Classic of Materia Medica": "It tastes sweet and spicy, is very hot, and is poisonous. It warms the middle, benefits the liver and lungs. It can treat cold and heat in the heart and abdomen, cold diseases, and cholera. It can treat cramps, headaches, back pain, sweating, irritability, salivation, coughs, and noses. It can induce abortion, strengthen bones and joints, dredge blood vessels, relieve insufficiency, and promote the use of hundreds of medicines. It is fearless."

It warms the middle, benefits the Qi of the liver and lungs, and moves the Qi downwards. This rushing Qi is the cold water rushing Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian, the Yin reverse Qi.

"Huangdi Neijing Suwen" says: "The right of Taiyang is treated by Jueyin", which shows that the upward counterflow of Taiyang (bladder meridian) is essentially the sinking of Jueyin (liver meridian). Gui warms the middle, raises the liver, and supports the positive energy, so it can calm the upward rush of the cold and counter-flowing qi in the bladder. This can also be confirmed in the description of the main treatment of Xieshen Decoction in "Fuxing Jue Zangfu Yongyao Fayao".

"Supplementary Prescriptions for the Use of Medicinal Drugs for Zangfu": Xieshen Decoction, used to treat the mistaken use of the sweating method, for people with a deficiency of Yang Qi, which causes the rise of Yin Qi, palpitations and restlessness in the heart, fever, and constant sweating:

Cinnamon can warm up the Yang Qi and therefore can calm the rising Yin Qi. The essence is the same. When the Yin Qi rises, it will press on the lungs, which will cause the lung Qi to not descend normally, and people will experience breathing difficulties and shortness of breath. Therefore, "Shennong's Herbal Classic" says that cinnamon can cure "vomiting and breathing", which means shortness of breath; and the heart Qi descends with the lung Qi. If the lung Qi does not descend, the heart Qi naturally cannot descend to the small intestine (the heart and small intestine are mutually external and internal), which will cause the temperature of the heart to be high and the temperature of the small intestine to be low, that is, heat on top and cold on the bottom. . When the phenomenon of true cold and false heat occurs, the heat in the heart will cause palpitations and restlessness. Therefore, "Fuxing Jue Zangfu Use of Medicinal Methods" has a description of "if the heart is palpitating, add 1.5 liang of cinnamon". The heat in the heart will lead to heat in the lungs. So, why do people have headaches and fevers when they catch a cold?

Many women suffer from irregular menstruation, amenorrhea or scanty menstruation because of cold uterus and insufficient fire in the small intestine. The core link is insufficient liver yang and inability to raise positive energy.