The difference between cinnamon and cinnamon

April 13, 2023
Cinnamon tree can be said that the whole body is a treasure, cinnamon, cinnamon bark, cinnamon, cinnamon sticks, etc. are from the cinnamon tree, can be used in medicine, but also edible, and the efficacy is also relatively strong, the most commonly used clinically is the cinnamon sticks and cinnamon, so what is the difference between the cinnamon sticks and cinnamon?

Different raw materials

Although cinnamon sticks and cinnamon are both from the cinnamon tree, but their source parts are very different. Cinnamon stick: Cinnamon stick is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine made from the shoots of cinnamon tree, which is dried and sliced. Cinnamon: Cinnamon is a traditional Chinese medicine made from the main trunk of the cinnamon tree by removing the old bark from the outside and taking the tender bark from the branch part.

Different uses

Cinnamon branch: Cinnamon branch is mainly used in Chinese medicine, often as a medicine to relieve the external appearance of cold and wind, and is rarely used as an ingredient. Cinnamon: Cinnamon and cinnamon bark are similar in efficacy, although they can also be used as Chinese medicine, most of them are still used for seasoning and are mainly used as ingredients.

Different effects

Cinnamon: Cinnamon is mainly used clinically for treating upper wind-cold, because it is warm in nature, belongs to the heart, lung, and parietal meridians, and is light and goes up. Cinnamon: Cinnamon is mainly used clinically to treat Yang failure and severe internal cold, because it is hot in nature and belongs to the heart, liver, kidney and spleen. It is sinking in nature and enters the lower part of the body.

Common features of Gui Zhi and Cinnamon

Both have pungent and sweet taste and belong to the heart meridian. Both can disperse cold and relieve pain and warm the meridians, which can treat cold and blood stasis evidence and wind-cold damp paralysis evidence and other internal cold evidence. They can also help the Yang energy of the heart, kidney and spleen, and are often used for Yang deficiency of the above three organs. The pungent and warm nature of both of them is strong and can easily enter the camp and move the blood, so they should not be used more or taken for a long time; they should not be used for those with internal heat, Yin deficiency and Yang hyperactivity, and blood heat delusion, and should be used with caution for pregnant women; they should not be decocted for a long time and should be put down afterwards.
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