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Rou Gui肉桂

Cortex CinnamomiCinnamon Bark

Autres nomsCassia Cinnamon Bark

Catégorie
Plantes qui réchauffent l’Intérieur
Nature
chaud
Saveur
piquant, doux
Tropisme
Cœur, Foie, Rein, Rate
Méridiens secondaires
Vessie
Posologie
1.5–5 g

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Doses usuelles

Posologie
1.5–5 g
Powders
1–2 g
Tincture
0.25–2 ml

Actions & indications

Warms the Kidneys, Spleen and Heart and strengthens Yang and Ming Men Fire
  • Kidney Yang Deficiency and Deficiency of Ming-Men Fire with aversion to Cold, cold limbs, weak back, impotence and urinary frequency
  • Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency with abdominal pain and Cold, reduced appetite and diarrhea
  • Kidney Unable to Grasp Qi
  • Heart Yang Deficiency, particularly with chest Bi
Disperses deep Cold, warms the channels, unblocks the channels and vessels and alleviates pain
  • Deep Cold causing Qi Stagnation or Blood Stasis with Cold in the Blood causing amenorrhea or dysmenorrhea, Cold-Damp Bi, Yin-type boils (chronic sores that are usually concave and ooze a clear fluid) and sores or abscesses that do not heal
  • It enters the Blood aspect and, in small amounts, enhances the Blood moving action of other substances
Leads the Fire back to its source
  • Upward Floating of Deficient Yang (False Heat, True Cold or Heat Above and Cold Below) with flushed face, wheezing, severe sweating (the sweat pours out like oil), weak and cold lower extremities and a deficient and rootless pulse
  • Any condition with Heat in the Upper body (dry mouth, sore throat, or teeth which is worse at night) and Cold in the Lower body (Lower back pain, cold lower extremities, diarrhea and weakness in the proximal portion of the pulse)
Assists in the generation of Qi and Blood
Chronic Qi and Blood Deficiency (auxiliary)

Contre-indications

  • Contraindicated in Yin Deficiency with Heat signs.
  • Contraindicated in Internal Excess Heat.
  • Contraindicated where Hot Blood is moving recklessly.
  • Contraindicated in cough with sore throat.
  • Contraindicated in Blood Deficiency with Internal Dryness.
  • Contraindicated in Blood Heat following childbirth.
  • Use caution during pregnancy.

Incompatibilités

Its effect is counteracted by Halloysitum Rubrum Chi Shi Zhi.

Associations

    • Zhi
    • Fu Zi

    Strongly tonifies Kidney Yang — for Kidney Yang Deficiency with low back pain and weak legs and knees; for Deficient Ming Men Fire with impotence or infertility; for excess Yin forcing Yang to float outward (separation of Yin and Yang); for Damp-Cold Bi in the channels with generalized aches and difficulty turning the trunk; and to lead Fire back to its source in Kidney Yin Deficiency with Fire Blazing Upward (a small dose of each, 1–2 g, combined with Yin tonics).

    • Zhi
    • Fu Zi
    • Gan Jiang

    Cold, painful abdomen with poor appetite and diarrhea from Kidney and Spleen Yang Deficiency.

  • Abdominal cold and pain with anorexia and diarrhea, caused by Kidney and Spleen Yang Deficiency.

  • Palpitations and shortness of breath from Heart and Kidney Deficiency.

  • Localized Yin-type swellings that merge indistinctly into surrounding tissue.

  • Yin-type boils from Qi and Blood Deficiency, particularly those that form without ulcerating.

  • Dysmenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain, or amenorrhea caused by Deficiency Cold in the Chong and Ren channels.

  • Cold-type hernial disorders with abdominal pain.

  • Urinary retention and discomfort from Kidney Deficiency.

  • Irritability, restlessness, cold lower limbs and trouble falling asleep from Heart-Kidney Disharmony; also long-standing dysentery.

  • Invigorates the Blood.

  • Deficiency of Kidney Yang.

  • Asthma or wheezing.

  • Impotence.

  • Diminished libido.

  • Edema from Kidney Yang Deficiency.

    • Gan Jiang
    • Bai Zhu
    • Chen Pi

    Long-standing diarrhea.

  • Hypochondriac pain from Liver Qi Stagnation.

  • External or traumatic injury with Blood Stasis; a sensation of oppression and pain in the abdomen.

  • Cold-Damp Bi.

  • Yin-type sores.

Notes

  • Among its properties is a downward-directing action, which allows it to draw Kidney Fire back to its source.
  • It stands as the principal herb for addressing Deficient Yang that has floated upward.
  • Decoction is rarely used for it, since the volatile oils are lost in the process.
  • Though not toxic, a large overdose may bring on changes in respiration, dilation of the auricular blood vessels, and convulsions.
  • It ranks among the most warming herbs in the Chinese pharmacopeia.
  • Used by itself, it addresses coldness and pain in the epigastrium and abdomen.
  • It opens the channels of the abdomen.
  • Together with Rx. Lateralis Aconiti Preparata Zhi Fu Zi, this herb warms and tonifies Ming Men Fire to treat Lower Jiao Yang Deficiency Cold, though Rou Gui acts more gently and is more targeted to Lower Jiao disorders specifically. Because it draws Ming Men Fire back to its source while retaining some dispersing quality, it is not employed for Collapse of Yang. The pairing is commonly used for low back and knee pain, arthralgia, frequent urination, chills, epigastric and abdominal cold, Cold-Damp Bi, Yin ulcers, Cold-type Blood Stagnation in the channels, and amenorrhea.
  • Rou Gui, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum Lu Rong and Rx. Lateralis Aconiti Preparata Zhi Fu Zi together warm the Kidneys and fortify Yang. Zhi Fu Zi and Rou Gui share an acrid, harsh, hot and drying character, acting strongly and quickly to warm the Interior, expel Cold and help tonify Yang, while Lu Rong is sweet, warm, soft and moistening, tonifying Yang more gradually while also moistening Jing and Blood. All three treat Kidney Yang Deficiency, but Zhi Fu Zi and Rou Gui suit only Kidney Yang Deficiency with Excess Internal Cold and are unsuitable when Jing or Blood is deficient, whereas Lu Rong does not expel Internal Cold but is best suited to Yang Deficiency accompanied by insufficiency of Jing, Blood and marrow.
  • Rou Gui and Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi come from the same plant — Rou Gui being the bark and Gui Zhi the twig. Both warm Ying Qi and Blood, aid Qi transformation and disperse Cold. Rou Gui excels at warming the Interior and stopping pain, entering the Lower Jiao to tonify Kidney Yang and restore Ming Men Fire, while Gui Zhi excels at dispersing pathogenic Cold from the Exterior, moving mainly upward to warm and open the channels and collaterals.
  • Official Cinnamon Guan Gui contains less oil and is considered drier; it warms the Middle Jiao and dries Dampness but is a weaker Yang tonic, dosed at 4.5–9 g.
  • Cinnamon Heart Rou Gui Xin is less drying than other forms of Cinnamon Bark and is best suited to supporting Heart Yang and promoting communication between the Heart and Kidneys.

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