Reconstruction of Chinese materia medica-cassia twig
Through the investigation of ancient books and the sorting of the modern research achievements of traditional Chinese medicine,combined with the understanding and application experience of well-known experts and scholars in desciplinary fields such as traditional Chinese medicine clinical medicine and science of Chinese materia medica,it is concluded that cassia twig mainly has the effects of expelling the evils in muscles,warming and activating meridians,reinforcing yang to transform qi,and repressing upward perversion of qi.The symptom targets of cassia twig are reversed flow of qi,pain,numbness of limbs,palpitation and edema.The biomedical indecator target of cassia twig is elevated blood pressure.Cassia twig and its active ingredients have antipathogenic microorganisms,vasodilatation,promoting sweating,antipyretic,anti-inflammatory,analgesic,diuretic and antihypertensive effects.The volatile oil in the bark of cassia twig and the cinnamaldehyde in the oil have the certain degree of toxicity,and the use of fried cassia twig can reduce the toxicity and ensure the safety of medication.In clinical practice,the recommended dosage of cassia twig ranges from 3-30 g,and it should be used dialectically according to different diseases or different stages of the same disease.And the construction of dose-effect relationship between the dosage of cassia twig and the symptom target and biomeidical indicator target should be explored actively.
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