Cinnamon and Sambucus Benefits and Effects

The effects and functions of Cinnamon are to tonify fire and help yang (replenish yang qi in the body), invigorate blood circulation and promote menstruation, etc. It is used to tonify fire and help yang, while the effects and functions of Sambucus are to dispel wind-dampness, tonify the liver and kidney, and lower blood pressure. Cinnamomum cassia is the dried bark of Vietnamese cinnamon of Camphoraceae family, which is pungent and sweet in flavor, and belongs to kidney, spleen, heart and liver meridians. Its functions are to tonify fire and assist yang, draw fire back to the source, and disperse cold and relieve pain (relieve pain by removing cold from the body). Currently it can be used to treat impotence, uterine coldness, cold pain in the waist and knees, kidney deficiency as asthma, redness of the eyes and sore throat, dizziness due to yang deficiency, cold pain in the heart and abdomen (feeling cold and painful at the location of the heart, mouth, and abdomen), and vomiting and diarrhea due to deficient sweating. People with bleeding tendency, pregnant women, need to be contraindicated. Its adverse reactions have not been clarified. Sang Mang Sheng is slightly bitter, astringent and flat. Its effects are dispelling wind-dampness, tonifying the liver and kidney, strengthening the tendons and bones, stopping bleeding and lowering blood pressure. At present, it can be used for the treatment of lumbar and knee pain, pediatric convulsions (pediatric diseases mainly manifested by dizziness, convulsions, and convulsions) and other conditions. Its contraindicated people as well as adverse reactions have not been clarified. If patients want to use Cinnamon and Sang Sheng, they need to take into account their own situation, as well as their personal needs, and ask the doctor’s guidance, do not take medication without authorization, so as not to damage their health.