Rou Gui, 1lb

Primary Actions and Uses

• Warms the Kidneys and fortifies yang: For Kidney yang deficiency with cold in the lower back, knees, or extremities; frequent urination; impotence.
• Warms the Spleen, disperses cold, and alleviates pain: For cold-type abdominal pain, poor appetite, diarrhea.
• Warms the channels and unblocks them: For wind-cold-damp Bi syndrome with joint pain, especially in the lower body.
• Encourages the generation of qi and blood: For deep cold causing qi stagnation and blood stasis with amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, or abdominal masses.

Context and Traditional Notes

• Acrid, sweet, and hot; enters the Kidney, Spleen, Heart, and Liver channels. Classified in TCM as an herb that warms the interior and expels cold.
• Rou Gui is obtained from the bark of Cinnamomum cassia. The inner bark (sometimes called Gui Pi) and the whole bark have the same properties and uses.
• One of the strongest interior warming herbs; used with caution in yin deficiency with heat signs.