Chinese name:

Source:

Cinnamomi Cortex - bark

Nature:

• hot (strongly hot, slightly toxic, non-toxic, lifting, yang within yang, sinking, yin within yang)

Taste:

• pungent, sweet (bitter)

Tropism:

• kidney, spleen, heart and liver

Direction of action:

• inwards

Effects:

• tonifies the fire of the Ming Men

• warms the spleen
• disperses cold
• warms and supports the production of Qi and Xue

Dosage:

• 1 – 3 g, standardly 1 g

Contraindications:

• do not use in cases of fire from yin deficiency, nor in cases of excess heat