Gui+Zhi+(Cinnamon+Twig)

**[[image:Gui_Zhi.jpg width="309" height="401" align="right"]]Gui Zhi** (Cinnamon Twig) [“Cinnamon Twigs”]
Category: Acrid Warm Herbs to Release the Exterior Nature: Warm Flavor: acrid, sweet Channels: HT, LU, UB

Functions: relieves exterior syndrome, promotes sweat, warm and open the channels and activate yang qi Ind: 1. fever, aversion to cold, headache, sweats or no sweats due to attack of wind-cold 2. **Bi Syndrome** w/ ache or pain of chest, abdomen, shoulder, back and limbs due to wind, cold, and damp 3. retention of phlegm (tan) and harmful fluid (yin) due to yang def. in the HT & SP 4. **Chest pain** or palpitation or irregular pulse due to HT yang def. 5. **Dysmennorhea**, amenorrhea, or masses in the uterus due to obstruction of the channels by cold
 * Light/warm, Unblocks Yang Qi, Releases the muscle layer**

Dose 3 -10g. Contra: hyperactivity of yang due to yin def., febrile diseases due to warm-heat pathogen & bleeding due to heat in blood. Use **cautiously** for pregnancy or heavy bleeding during menstrual period misc: Heiner: "the elderly's Chai Hu"

Formulas Containing Gui Zhi
//Chief Herb// Gui Zhi Tang Xiao Jian Zhong Tang