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桂枝 Cassia Twig Gui Zhi

ID: D00380

Pharmaceutical Name:
Ramulus Cinnamomi

Latin name:
Cinnamomum cassia Presl

Location: 5

Chinese Name

桂枝

Chinese Pinyin

Gui Zhi

English Name

Cassia Twig

Family

Lauraceae

Taste

sweet and slightly acrid, cortex with a stronger taste

Odour

distinctive fragrant

Clinical Indications

1. Common cold, cough, dizziness
2. Palpitation, precordial pain
3. Arthralgia
4. Amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea
5. Dysuria, oedema

Display Category

Commonly Used TCM

Function Category

Diaphoretic Drugs

Medicine Category

Plant

Source

Eu Yan Sang (HK) Ltd.

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