百子櫃THE HUNDRED DRAWERS
Cinnamon bark
肉桂
dispels coldsupports the kidneys補火助陽溫經通脈散寒止痛引火歸元
The thick inner bark of the cassia tree, deep red-brown and sweetly pungent, sold as quills or broken slabs. In soup it is a pointed accent, about two grams per pot, lending a warming spice glow to winter tonic packs rather than a dominant cinnamon flavour.
TCM properties
Nature · hot Flavour · pungent、sweet Meridians · kidney、spleen、heart、liver
Traditional food therapy
In the tradition it is the great warmer: a sliver in the pot is used to support the fire of the kidneys, warm the channels and scatter cold in deep winter tonic soups.
Cautions: read first
- Not for pregnant women (and for the full 十全大補湯 formula, pregnant women need a practitioner's guidance)
- Not for yin deficiency with rising fire, or for people who run dry and hot
- Not while you have a cold with fever
- Take care if you bleed easily
- Not to be used with 赤石脂 (halloysite)
Preparation
Keep the amount small, about 2 g a pot, broken into pieces in the soup bag.
Origin · Geo-authentic (道地) source
Fangcheng and Dongxing in Guangxi (Vietnamese Thanh Hoa cassia is also well known)
Availability in Australia
Easy to find
