Gui Zhi

Cinnamomi Cassiae Ramulus

Properties: PUNGENT, SWEET - WARM
Dosage: 3-9g.
Meridian: HEART, LUNG, BLADDER

-pertains to Ying and Wei Qi levels – exterior cold with deficiency
-warms channels, disperse cold – wind-cold, painful joints, dysmenorrhea
-unblocks Yang Qi in chest – palpitations

Reference
Benskey & Gamble 1986, Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, Seattle Washington, Eastland Press