Gui Zhi (Chao Huang)
Ramulus Cinnamomi (ad flavum tost.)桂枝(炒黄)
- Nature
- Drying, Warm
- Flavours
- Acrid/Pungent, Sweet
- Meridians
- Bladder, Heart, Lung
- Class
- Acid-Warm Exterior-Releasing Medicinals (Xin Wen Jie Biao Yao)
- Dosage
- 3–10 g
Actions / Functions
- Gui Zhi (Chao Huang): this preparation allows Gui Zhi to clear the Yang, warm the Channels, activate the Blood, favor urination and transform Qi
- Unblocks Yang
- Warms the Channels (Wen Jing)
- Activates the Blood
- Warms and supplements Heart Yang
- Favors Water elimination (diuresis)
- Mobilizes Qi