气大热。味甘辛。有小毒。利肝肺气。心腹寒热冷疾。霍乱转筋。头痛腰痛。出汗
。止烦。止唾。咳嗽。鼻 。堕胎。温中。坚筋骨。通血脉。理疏不足。宣导百药无所畏。
久服神仙不老。
肉桂气大热。禀天真阳之火气。入足少阴肾经。补益真阳。味甘辛。得地中西土金之味。
入
足太阴脾经、手太阴肺经。有小毒。则有燥烈之性。入足阳明燥金胃、手阳明燥金大肠。气
味俱升。阳也。肉桂味辛得金味。金则能制肝木。气大热。禀火气。火能制肺金。制则生化
。故利肝肺气。心腹太阴经行之地。寒热冷疾者。有心腹冷疾而发寒热也。气热能消太阴之
冷。所以愈寒热也。霍乱转筋。太阴脾经寒湿症也。热可祛寒。辛可散湿。所以主之。经云
。头痛巅疾。过在足少阴肾经。腰者肾之腑。肾虚则火升于头。故头痛腰痛也。肉桂入肾。
能导火归原。所以主之。辛热则发散。故能汗出。虚火上炎则烦。肉桂导火。所以主止烦也
。肾主五液。寒则上泛。肉桂温肾。所以止唾。辛甘发散。疏理肺气。故主咳嗽鼻 。血热
则行。所以堕胎。肉桂助火。火能生土。所以温中。中者脾胃也。筋者肝之合也。骨者肾之
合也。甘辛之味。补益脾肺。制则生化。所以充肝肾而坚筋骨也。其通血脉理疏不足者。热
则阳气流行。所以血脉通而理疏密也。宣导百药无所畏者。藉其通行流走之性也。久服神仙
不老者。辛热助阳。阳明故神。纯阳则仙而不老也。
制 方:
肉桂同人参、炮姜、附子。治中寒腹痛。同姜黄、枳壳、甘草、生姜、大枣。治左胁痛
胀。
同当归、牛膝。治冬月产难。产门不开。同黄柏、知母丸。名滋肾丸。治小便不通。
Properties and Flavors: The qi is extremely hot. The taste is sweet and pungent. It has slight toxicity. It benefits the Lung and Liver Qi. It treats cold diseases in the heart and abdomen with alternating cold and heat, cholera with muscle cramps, headache and lower back pain, induces sweating, stops irritability, stops excessive salivation, treats coughing, epistaxis (nosebleed), causes abortion, warms the middle, strengthens sinews and bones, unifies the blood vessels, regulates insufficient texture/density, and guides all herbs without fear. Long-term use leads to immortality like a deity.
Cinnamon Bark (Rou Gui) possesses an extremely hot qi, inheriting the fire energy of innate true yang. It enters the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, tonifying and benefiting true yang. Its taste is sweet and pungent, deriving from the flavors of central earth and metal in the earth's essence. It enters the Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian and Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian. Having slight toxicity, it possesses dry and fierce properties. It enters the Foot Yangming Dry Metal Stomach and Hand Yangming Dry Metal Large Intestine. Both its qi and flavor ascend; it is yang. Cinnamon Bark's pungent taste obtains the flavor of metal; metal can control Liver Wood. Its extremely hot qi inherits fire energy; fire can control Lung Metal. Through control, transformation and generation occur. Thus, it benefits Lung and Liver Qi. The heart and abdomen are areas traversed by the Taiyin Meridian. Cold diseases with alternating cold and heat refer to cold diseases in the heart and abdomen manifesting with alternating cold and heat. The hot qi and flavor can eliminate the cold of the Taiyin, thus curing alternating cold and heat. Cholera with muscle cramps is a cold-dampness syndrome of the Taiyin Spleen Meridian. Heat can dispel cold, and pungency can scatter dampness; therefore, it governs this condition. The Classics state: "Headaches and disorders at the vertex pass through the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian." The waist is the palace of the Kidney. When Kidney deficiency occurs, fire rises to the head, causing headache and lower back pain. Cinnamon Bark enters the Kidney, guiding fire back to its origin; therefore, it governs this. Pungent and hot nature disperses; thus, it induces sweating. Deficient fire flaming upward causes irritability. Cinnamon Bark guides fire; therefore, it governs stopping irritability. The Kidney governs the five fluids. Cold causes them to float upward. Cinnamon Bark warms the Kidney; therefore, it stops excessive salivation. Pungent and sweet disperse and diffuse, regulating Lung Qi; thus, it governs coughing and epistaxis. Blood heat causes movement; therefore, it causes abortion. Cinnamon Bark assists fire; fire generates Earth; therefore, it warms the middle. The middle refers to the Spleen and Stomach. Sinews are the union of the Liver. Bones are the union of the Kidney. Sweet and pungent flavors tonify the Spleen and Lung. Through control, transformation and generation occur; thus, they fill the Liver and Kidney and strengthen sinews and bones. Regarding unifying blood vessels and regulating insufficient density: heat causes yang qi to circulate freely; thus, blood vessels are unified and tissue density is regulated. Guiding all herbs without fear relies on its nature of circulating and flowing. Long-term use leading to immortality like a deity: pungent and hot assist yang. The Yangming brings spirit. Pure yang becomes immortal and ageless.
Prescription Formulation:
Cinnamon Bark combined with Ginseng Radix (Ren Shen), Processed Ginger Rhizome (Pao Jiang), and Aconite Lateralis Radix Preparata (Fu Zi). Treats abdominal pain due to middle-jiao cold. Combined with Turmeric Tuber (Jiang Huang), Aurantium Fructus (Zhi Ke), Licorice Root (Gan Cao), Fresh Ginger Rhizome (Sheng Jiang), and Jujube Fruit (Da Zao). Treats distension and pain in the left hypochondrium. Combined with Angelica Sinensis Radix (Dang Gui) and Achyranthes Bidentatae Radix (Niu Xi). Treats difficult labor in winter when the birth canal does not open. Combined with Phellodendri Cortex (Huang Bo) and Anemarrhenae Rhizoma (Zhi Mu) in pill form, named Zishen Wan (Kidney-Nourishing Pill). Treats inability to urinate.