Some additional pharmaceutical name info

[Guest guest]

The word " Herba " is usually applied to all of non-woody plants

growing above ground. When it comes to woody plants, there are

additional part names. Like Cortex for bark, Lignum for heart wood,

Ramulus for twig, and Ramus for branch. For example, cinnamom.

 

Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae (Gui Zhi) is cinnamon twigs. Cortex

Cinnamomi Cassiae (Rou Gui) is the bark. The primary use of cinnamom

twigs is to warm the Exterior. It's thermal energy is warm. (Has a

warming effect on the Exterior of the body (head, neck, limbs, skin,

muscles, bones, channels)). It enters the Heart, Lung, and Bladder.

 

Cinnamon bark's primary use is to warm the Interior (trunk of the

body, internal organs). It's thermal energy is hot. (Has a very

warming effect on the body. More so than just warm thermal energy.)

It enters the Heart, Kidney, Liver, and Spleen.

[Guest guest]

I thought that the bark was for the exterior, twigs interior.

Michelle

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victoria_dragon

Chinese Traditional Medicine

Friday, January 28, 2005 9:37 AM

[Chinese Traditional Medicine] Some additional pharmaceutical name info

 

 

 

 

The word " Herba " is usually applied to all of non-woody plants

growing above ground. When it comes to woody plants, there are

additional part names. Like Cortex for bark, Lignum for heart wood,

Ramulus for twig, and Ramus for branch. For example, cinnamom.

 

Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae (Gui Zhi) is cinnamon twigs. Cortex

Cinnamomi Cassiae (Rou Gui) is the bark. The primary use of cinnamom

twigs is to warm the Exterior. It's thermal energy is warm. (Has a

warming effect on the Exterior of the body (head, neck, limbs, skin,

muscles, bones, channels)). It enters the Heart, Lung, and Bladder.

 

Cinnamon bark's primary use is to warm the Interior (trunk of the

body, internal organs). It's thermal energy is hot. (Has a very

warming effect on the body. More so than just warm thermal energy.)

It enters the Heart, Kidney, Liver, and Spleen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

It's cinnamom twigs for the Exterior and the bark for the Interior,

though the bark also will warm the limbs.

 

The bark also " fortifies the Yang " , and also is good for wheezing

due to Kidneys Refusing to Grasp Qi. (Dan Bensky and Andrew Gamble,

Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia medica, Revised Edition, p. 301.)

[Guest guest]

That's funny, my Chinese medicine doctor (practicing 18 years) said it was just

the opposite, giving the example that bark was on the outside of the tree and

that nature works that way: giving images of how to use it. He said for me not

to use the bark for that reason, to use the twig. So, now I'm confused.

Michelle

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victoria_dragon

Chinese Traditional Medicine

Friday, January 28, 2005 10:43 AM

[Chinese Traditional Medicine] Re: Some additional pharmaceutical name info

 

 

 

 

It's cinnamom twigs for the Exterior and the bark for the Interior,

though the bark also will warm the limbs.

 

The bark also " fortifies the Yang " , and also is good for wheezing

due to Kidneys Refusing to Grasp Qi. (Dan Bensky and Andrew Gamble,

Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia medica, Revised Edition, p. 301.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

> That's funny, my Chinese medicine doctor (practicing 18 years)

said it was just the opposite, giving the example that bark was on

the outside of the tree and that nature works that way: giving

images of how to use it. He said for me not to use the bark for

that reason, to use the twig. So, now I'm confused.

 

It's standard info that cinnamom twigs are used to warm the Exterior

and cinnamom bark to warm the Interior.

 

You can do a Google to check the info for yourself. As for the

analogy of the bark being on the outside of the tree trunk, the

twigs are even more Exterior than the trunk and branch bark.

 

BTW, dry ginger also is used to warm the Interior (and has Hot

thermal energy). Raw ginger is used to warm the Exterior (and has

Warm thermal energy). (For those new to TCM, the thermal energy

refers to the heating or cooling or no temperature effect that an

herb or food has on the body.)

 

This discussion could be confusing to the list members who are new

to TCM, so some explanations are in order. The Exterior of the body

refers to the head, neck, arms, legs, skin, muscles, bones, and

channels (Blood channels as well as Qi movement channels). Interior

refers to the trunk of the body, specifically the internal Organs.

 

TCM pays far more attention to the effects of weather and the

environment on health than Western allopathic medicine does. There

are 5 " Pernicious Evils " that can invade from the outside (as well

as develop internally). These are Heat, Cold, Wind, Dryness, and

Dampness. ( " Fire " also can develop in the Interior from any of the

other 5 Pernicious Evils.)

 

There is a special type of Qi (roughly translated as " energy " ,

pronounced " chee " )called Protective Qi (or Defensive Qi) that

circulates at the surface of the body. This is what gives people

resistence to invasion by external Pernicious Evils.

 

Whenever a Pernicious Evil is stronger than the Protective Qi, it

will invade and cause a lot of problems. As it invades, it will

follow a definite course. The skin will be affected first, then the

muscles, and finally it will start to invade the channels. The

Bladder and Small Intestine meridians (paths of Qi flow) will be the

first invaded. If not stopped, it will invade the other meridians

and finally start to invade the Inteior, the Organs.

 

The deeper an Evil goes into the body, the more serious the health

problems and the harder to treat. But this does not mean that

Exterior conditions can't be very painful and very debilitating.

For example, arthritis is an Exterior condition caused by the

invasion of Cold, Wind, and/or Damp. It can be extremely painful and

debilitating. The common cold is invasion by Wind Cold or Wind

Heat. If the invading Wind Cold or Wind Heat becomes trapped in the

Lungs, it can change into the Fire of pneumonia.

 

One indication that a person is Defensive Qi Deficient is that the

person is weather sensitive. Every time a cold front or heat front

starts to move in, any time the wind blows, or it becomes damper or

drier than usual, the person is affected by it. The person also may

be prone to catch infections. The invading Pernicious Evils alter

the physiology of the body in such a way as to render the person

more susceptible to germs. A good example of this is how people who

live in very dry houses in the winter are more prone to catch colds

and the flu than people living in less dry houses because the

dryness dries out their nasal passages.

 

Wind includes not only the actual wind but changes in barometric

pressure and changes in ion concentrations.

 

There are " artificial " Pernicious Evils as well as natural ones.

For example, sitting in the draft from an air condiioner, fan, or

heater. The use of a hair dryer. (Especially if the hair is not

completely dried and the person becomes chilled as a result after

using a drier to only partially dry the hair.)

[Guest guest]

Thank you........

wonder why the mix up on info. He did tell me to take dry ginger instead of

raw. I think I'll do both bark and twig of cinnamon. I had fun wandering

around on the internet with that. Found some interesting sites.

Michelle

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victoria_dragon

Chinese Traditional Medicine

Saturday, January 29, 2005 7:04 AM

[Chinese Traditional Medicine] Re: Some additional pharmaceutical name info

 

 

 

 

> That's funny, my Chinese medicine doctor (practicing 18 years)

said it was just the opposite, giving the example that bark was on

the outside of the tree and that nature works that way: giving

images of how to use it. He said for me not to use the bark for

that reason, to use the twig. So, now I'm confused.

 

It's standard info that cinnamom twigs are used to warm the Exterior

and cinnamom bark to warm the Interior.

 

You can do a Google to check the info for yourself. As for the

analogy of the bark being on the outside of the tree trunk, the

twigs are even more Exterior than the trunk and branch bark.

 

BTW, dry ginger also is used to warm the Interior (and has Hot

thermal energy). Raw ginger is used to warm the Exterior (and has

Warm thermal energy). (For those new to TCM, the thermal energy

refers to the heating or cooling or no temperature effect that an

herb or food has on the body.)

 

This discussion could be confusing to the list members who are new

to TCM, so some explanations are in order. The Exterior of the body

refers to the head, neck, arms, legs, skin, muscles, bones, and

channels (Blood channels as well as Qi movement channels). Interior

refers to the trunk of the body, specifically the internal Organs.

 

TCM pays far more attention to the effects of weather and the

environment on health than Western allopathic medicine does. There

are 5 " Pernicious Evils " that can invade from the outside (as well

as develop internally). These are Heat, Cold, Wind, Dryness, and

Dampness. ( " Fire " also can develop in the Interior from any of the

other 5 Pernicious Evils.)

 

There is a special type of Qi (roughly translated as " energy " ,

pronounced " chee " )called Protective Qi (or Defensive Qi) that

circulates at the surface of the body. This is what gives people

resistence to invasion by external Pernicious Evils.

 

Whenever a Pernicious Evil is stronger than the Protective Qi, it

will invade and cause a lot of problems. As it invades, it will

follow a definite course. The skin will be affected first, then the

muscles, and finally it will start to invade the channels. The

Bladder and Small Intestine meridians (paths of Qi flow) will be the

first invaded. If not stopped, it will invade the other meridians

and finally start to invade the Inteior, the Organs.

 

The deeper an Evil goes into the body, the more serious the health

problems and the harder to treat. But this does not mean that

Exterior conditions can't be very painful and very debilitating.

For example, arthritis is an Exterior condition caused by the

invasion of Cold, Wind, and/or Damp. It can be extremely painful and

debilitating. The common cold is invasion by Wind Cold or Wind

Heat. If the invading Wind Cold or Wind Heat becomes trapped in the

Lungs, it can change into the Fire of pneumonia.

 

One indication that a person is Defensive Qi Deficient is that the

person is weather sensitive. Every time a cold front or heat front

starts to move in, any time the wind blows, or it becomes damper or

drier than usual, the person is affected by it. The person also may

be prone to catch infections. The invading Pernicious Evils alter

the physiology of the body in such a way as to render the person

more susceptible to germs. A good example of this is how people who

live in very dry houses in the winter are more prone to catch colds

and the flu than people living in less dry houses because the

dryness dries out their nasal passages.

 

Wind includes not only the actual wind but changes in barometric

pressure and changes in ion concentrations.

 

There are " artificial " Pernicious Evils as well as natural ones.

For example, sitting in the draft from an air condiioner, fan, or

heater. The use of a hair dryer. (Especially if the hair is not

completely dried and the person becomes chilled as a result after

using a drier to only partially dry the hair.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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