Cinnamon bark is used to treat cold pain in the epigastrium (feeling cold and painful in the stomach and abdomen), soreness and coldness in the lower back and knees, and other conditions, and should be used as prescribed by a doctor.
Cinnamon bark is the dried bark of cinnamon and its congeners, and is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine with pungent flavor and warm nature. Cinnamon has the effects of warming the spleen and stomach, dispersing wind-cold, and promoting blood circulation. It is used for vomiting and diarrhea, cold pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, soreness and coldness in the waist and knees, cold-dampness paralysis, cold hernia and abdominal pain (acute abdominal pain caused by the coldness of the internal organs and the coldness of the wind), dysmenorrhea with stagnation of blood and stagnation of the menstruation, menstrual disorders, and bruises and swelling.
Gui Pi can be used in combination with Cao Nutmeg and Huo Xiang for the treatment of nausea and vomiting due to stomach cold, and with Angelica Sinensis, Yan Hu Suo, and Chuan Xiong for the treatment of cold pain in the lower abdomen.
The adverse effects and contraindications of Gui Pi are not clear. It is contraindicated in cases of yin deficiency and fire exuberance (deficiency of yin essence in the body, resulting in hyperactivity of deficiency fire), solid heat inside the body, blood heat and pregnant women.
When discomfort occurs, it is necessary to consult a doctor and choose medication under the doctor’s guidance, not self-medication.