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Gui Zhi桂枝

Ramulus CinnamomiCinnamon Twig

Autres nomsCassia Twig

Catégorie
Warm, Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior (Wind-Cold Diaphoretics)
Nature
tiède
Saveur
piquant, doux
Tropisme
Cœur, Poumon, Vessie
Méridiens secondaires
Foie, Rein
Posologie
3–10 g

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Doses usuelles

External conditions
3–10 g
Painful obstruction
9–15 g
Tincture
1–3 ml

Actions & indications

Releases the Exterior, assists Yang, adjusts the Ying and Wei and releases the muscle layer
  • Wind-Cold
  • Tai Yang Zhong Feng Stage (a weak person who catches cold easily)
Warms the channels and collaterals to relieve pain
Wind-Cold-Damp Bi
Unblocks Yang and transforms *Qi and thin mucus*
Edema due to Cold-Phlegm or Yang Qi Deficiency with urinary dysfunction, dizziness and palpitations
Assists Heart Yang and warms and facilitates the flow of Yang Qi in the chest
  • Palpitations due to Yang Obstruction in the chest due to Stagnation or Deficiency
  • Listless chest Yang with upward movement of Phlegm and thin mucus and disorderly descent of Lung Qi with shortness of breath, chest and back pain and palpitations
  • Heart and Spleen Yang Deficiency
Warms and facilitates the flow of Qi through the channels and collaterals and Blood through the vessels
  • Wind-Cold-Damp Bi
  • Blood Stasis due to Cold, causing amenorrhea or dysmenorrhea with or without abdominal masses
Warms the Middle and directs Turbid Yin downward
  • Middle Jiao Yang Deficiency
  • Heart and Spleen Yang Deficiency (patient usually craves sweets)

Contre-indications

  • Contraindicated in warm febrile disease.
  • Contraindicated with Yin Deficiency showing Heat signs.
  • Contraindicated with Heat in the Blood accompanied by vomiting.
  • Use cautiously during pregnancy or with heavy menstruation (6g or less, dry-fried).

Interactions

Using this herb concurrently with diuretics such as chlorothiazide, hydrochlorothiazide, furmoside (Lasix), bumetinide (Bumex) or torsemide (Demadex) may increase the loss of water and/or electrolytes.

Associations

    • Ma Huang

    Excess-type Wind-Cold with fever, chills and absence of sweating; also Wind-Cold-Damp Bi.

    • Bai Shao

    External Wind-Cold marked by disharmony between Ying and Wei (Tai Yang Zhong Feng), presenting with spontaneous sweating, fever and chills; also warms and tonifies the Middle Jiao.

  • Chills and painful limbs from Yang Deficiency complicated by Wind-Cold-Damp Bi; backache from Wind-Cold-Damp Bi; occipital headache.

  • Dispels Wind-Dampness, warms the channels and collaterals, eases joint movement and relieves the discomfort of painful obstruction.

  • Wind-Cold-Damp Bi.

  • Irritability and insomnia from Yang floating in the Upper Jiao with Yin injury in the Lower Jiao, caused by Heart Yang Deficiency.

  • Spermatorrhea brought on by exhaustion.

    • Zhi Gan Cao

    Palpitations and shortness of breath from injury to chest Yang.

  • Opens Yang and promotes clearance of congested fluid in Yang Deficiency edema; also treats palpitations and dyspnea from Heart Yang Deficiency.

  • Palpitations and chest pain arising from Heart Yang Deficiency, with resulting painful obstruction as Blood Stasis blocks the channels.

  • Heart and Spleen Yang Deficiency presenting with palpitations, edema and shortness of breath.

  • Pain from trauma; gynecological discomfort caused by Blood Stasis; masses in the lower abdomen.

  • Angina pectoris and chest Bi, both from Yang Deficiency in the chest.

  • Abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation caused by Deficiency Cold in the Chong and Ren channels.

  • Amenorrhea and abdominal pain from Cold invasion with Blood Stasis.

  • Sick sinus syndrome presenting with bradycardia and palpitations.

  • Disease progressing from the Tai Yang stage into the Shao Yang stage.

  • Blood Stasis (removing Stasis and freeing the flow of Qi); combined Interior/Exterior patterns with chills, headache, fever, sweating and abdominal fullness and pain; and abdominal fullness and pain resulting from purging an Exterior condition prematurely.

  • Congealed painful obstruction affecting the upper or lower limbs; shoulder disorders.

    • Zhi Ke

    Stabbing pain across the chest and flanks.

  • Bi syndrome.

  • Bi syndrome affecting the upper body, particularly the shoulders.

  • Rheumatoid arthritis.

  • Edema and dysuria from Yang Deficiency.

  • Phlegm accumulation presenting with dizziness, chest and hypochondriac fullness, vertigo and palpitations.

  • Irregular menstruation from Yang Deficiency with Cold stagnation.

  • Palpitations with an intermittent pulse, caused by combined Heart Yin and Yang Deficiency.

Notes

  • It is employed in the majority of Wind-Cold presentations.
  • It is frequently added to cooling formulas to provide a warming counterbalance.
  • It is commonly included in formulas addressing chronic pain.
  • Broadly speaking, it acts through six therapeutic routes: harmonizing the Ying, opening the Yang, promoting urination, directing Qi downward, promoting movement, and tonifying the Middle.
  • This herb is reported to raise white blood cell counts.
  • It offers protection against radiation damage.
  • Gui Zhi and Ram. Mori Sang Zhi both open the collaterals. Gui Zhi, being acrid and warm, suits Cold Bi better and has a broader range of action, whereas Sang Zhi dispels Wind and eliminates Dampness; being slightly cooling, Sang Zhi is the better choice for Wind-Heat and Dampness or when itching predominates.
  • Gui Zhi Shao/Jian, Cinnamon Twig Tips, have a stronger capacity to open the blood vessels and disperse Wind-Cold.
  • Gui Zhi Mu, Cinnamon Twig Wood, tends toward mobilizing the exterior, releasing the muscle layer and inducing sweating, but is more effective at warming the channels and opening the collaterals.
  • Chao Gui Zhi, dry-fried Cinnamon Twig, has a gentler acrid, dispersing action alongside stronger warming and unblocking properties, making it suitable for elderly or weaker patients.
  • Zhi Gui Zi / Mi Zhi Gui Zhi, prepared or honey-prepared Cinnamon Twig, has an enhanced Yang-tonifying action with a lessened acrid, dispersing effect, and is used to tonify the Middle Jiao.

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