A dosage of 30 grams of Gui Zhi will enhance its effects of warming the heart and tonifying yang, calming the flushing and lowering the rebellious Qi (resolving the upward rebellious Qi with drugs that lower the Qi). However, the dosage of the drug should be used after consulting a doctor, not on its own, as an overdose may cause damage to the yin and blood.
Gui Zhi has the effects of warming the meridians, assisting Yang in transforming Qi, sweating and relieving the muscles (relieving evil Qi from the surface of the skin), and leveling and descending Qi.
Gui Zhi belongs to the family of antidepressants that disperses wind and disperses cold. Gui Zhi belongs to the family of Cinnamomum camphoraceum as the dried shoots of cinnamon.
Gui Zhi is pungent, sweet and warm in nature, and enters the heart meridian, lung meridian and bladder meridian. Gui Zhi has the effects of warming the meridians, assisting Yang to transform qi, sweating and relieving muscles, and calming the flow of qi.
It can be used internally to treat phlegm (pathological products formed by impaired metabolism of water and fluid), wind-cold cold, joint paralysis, blood-cold menstrual closure, cold pain in the epigastric region, palpitation, oedema, and dolphin.
Gui Zhi should be used with caution for those who have external wind-heat sensation. Gui Zhi is contraindicated in those with a history of allergy to Gui Zhi. Adverse effects of Gui Zhi are not known. If needed, please take it under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.