Cinnamon Bark

There are two types of cinnamon used in Chinese Medicine.  Cinnamon Bark and Cinnamon Twigs.  They have completely different functions and are always combined in herbal formulas.

Chinese Medicine Indications:

Warms the kidneys, fortifies the yang.  Important for wheezing due to the failure of the kidneys to grasp the Qi.

Leads the fire back to its source.  The principal herb for treating the upward floating of deficient yang.  Manifestations include: flushed face, wheezing, severe sweating, weak and cold lower extremities, a deficient and rootless pulse.  This is called illusionary heat and true cold, or heat above, cold below.  Also used for other conditions where the upper part of the body is hot – dry mouth, sore throat, or toothache that become worse at night and the lower part is cold.

Disperses deep cold, warms the channels, unblocks the channels and vessels, alleviates pain.  For deep cold causing Qi stagnation or blood stasis.

Encourages the generation of Qi and blood. With Qi and blood tonics as an auxiliary herb for chronic deficiency of Qi and blood.