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Yueh-kuei | | Name : | Yueh-kuei | | Synonyms : | Gui(Chinese name)
Twak(Sanskrit name)
Yueh-kuei
| | Parts Used : | Bark, oil obtained from bark and leaves | | Habitat : | Found growing around marshes. | | Description : | The dried inner bark of the branches of a small, tropical, evergreenlaurel tree. The bark is peeled off and as the pieces are dried, theycurl up into quills. | | Constituents : | Essential oil including phellandrene, eugenol, gums, sugar, coumarins,cinnamic aldehyde, methuleugenol; mucilage, tannin, sucrose and starch
Stimulant, alterative, analgesic, aromatic, astringent, carminative,diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, febrifuge, mild laxative | | Uses : | Quills or sticks are used in spiced punches, teas, cooked fruit,pickling liquids. Ground spice used in sweet baked goods, cooked infruit, and some meat and fish dishes.
Cinnamon raises vitality, warms and stimulates all the vital functionsof the body, counteracts congestion, is antirheumatic,stops diarrhea, taken in milkfor dysentery, colds,flu, sinusitis,bronchitis, nausea and vomiting,improves digestion, relievesabdominal spasms, counteracts gas, aids the peripheral circulationof the blood. Cinnamon tea offers helpful relaxation for the stomachupset by the tension and strainof modern living.
Makes an interesting liqueur. | | Dosage : | Dose: take a rounded tsp. of cinnamon to a cup of boilingwater, stir it and drink while hot. Drink a small portion at a time,4 to 5 times a day, or drink a cup as needed for griping and painin the bowels due to gas. Use 1/4 tsp. to a cup of other herbs toflavor them. Put it in with the herbs when the tea is made. | | Safety : | Contraindicated in therapeutic doses for pregnant women or individualswith wasting and dryness; especially the essential oil, because theherb is a potential uterine stimulant.
Use this herb with care in feverish conditions and bleeding disorders. | | Myths : | Cinnamon was probably the first spice used by man. Ancient recordsreveal that it was used for more than 5,000 years. The countless flavoringuses of this valuable spice need not be enumerated.
Cinnamon brandy is made by soaking crushed cinnamon bark a fortnightin brandy.
In the Far East, the cinnamon tree is grown in southern China, butis native to Kuangsi. Since ancient times, cinnamon has been usedas medicine and the flavoring spice we know today.
Chinese herbalists tell of older people, in their 70s and 80s, developinga cough accompanied by frequent spitting of whitish phlegm. A helpfulremedy, they suggest, is chewing and swallowing a very small pinchof powdered cinnamon. Should be of the highest quality, determinedby a bitter-sweet taste. If too bitter and/or not oily, the qualityis poor. This remedy can also help people with cold feet and hands,especially at night. | | Sold : | Powder
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