Indications: Treats yang deficiency syndrome, specifically exhaustion resulting from excessive sweating during febrile illnesses or post-coital depletion in men. Dosage & Administration: Administer the wine warm in two divided doses. Preparation Method: Simmer the herbs in 2 liters of quality wine until reduced to 1 liter.
During treatment with Cinnamon Twig, observe the following precautions:
1. Maintain regular sleep patterns and avoid staying up late.
2. Limit consumption of spicy or irritating foods.
3. Engage in outdoor activities to promote relaxation.
4. Avoid excessive pressure and learn to manage stress effectively.
5. Contraindicated for high fever in febrile diseases, yin deficiency with excessive fire, or blood heat causing uncontrolled bleeding.
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Cinnamon Twig (Gui Zhi) Properties: Pungent, sweet; warm in nature; enters the Bladder, Heart, and Lung meridians. It induces sweating to resolve muscle tension, warms meridians to unblock channels, assists yang to transform qi, dispels cold, and alleviates pain.Indications for wind-cold exterior syndromes: cold-damp arthralgia; cold limbs; amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea; masses and nodules; chest pain; palpitations; phlegm retention; difficulty urinating. Used for wind-cold colds, epigastric and abdominal cold pain, blood-cold amenorrhea, joint arthralgia, phlegm retention, edema, palpitations, and rushing qi.