Is cinnamon cassia bark?

Nowadays, people's living standards are getting higher and higher, people are becoming more and more particular about diet, and more and more condiments are appearing in people's lives. In fact, there are many condiments that are not only used in cooking, they are also very good Chinese medicinal materials and appear in many prescriptions. Many people can't tell whether cinnamon is cassia bark. Here I will give you a detailed introduction to the difference between the two.

Cinnamon is both a common food spice and a commonly used Chinese medicine. Cinnamon is a food spice and is often used as a condiment for stews, which can add a lot of deliciousness to dishes. Cinnamon bark, as a commonly used Chinese medicine, plays an important role in treating postpartum abdominal pain, cold pain in the lower abdomen during menstruation, and amenorrhea.

1. Cinnamon is the dried bark of cinnamon bark. Cassia bark is the bark of Cinnamon bark, Cinnamon bark, Cinnamon bark, Cinnamon bark, etc.

2. The best cinnamon is the one with thin skin and thick flesh, purple-red cross-section, strong oiliness, strong aroma, sweet and slightly spicy taste, and no residue when chewed. Cinnamon bark has a refreshing and cool aroma, similar to camphor, and a slightly sweet and spicy taste. The best ones have a thinner skin and a stronger aroma.

3. Cinnamon: spicy, sweet, and very hot. It enters the kidney, spleen, heart and liver meridians. Replenish fire and assist yang, guide fire back to its source, dispel cold and relieve pain, activate blood circulation and dredge menstruation. It is used for impotence, cold uterus, cold pain in the waist and knees, asthma due to kidney deficiency, dizziness due to yang deficiency, red eyes and sore throat, cold pain in the heart and abdomen, vomiting and diarrhea due to deficiency and cold, cold hernia, running pig, amenorrhea, and dysmenorrhea. Those with yin deficiency and excess fire should not take it, and pregnant women should take it with caution.

Cinnamon: spicy, warm. It enters the heart, liver, spleen and kidney meridians. Warms the spleen and stomach, dispels wind and cold, and unclogs blood vessels. It is used for cold abdomen and chest fullness, vomiting and choking, rheumatic arthralgia, falls and blood stasis, bloody diarrhea and intestinal wind. People with yin deficiency and fire should not take it.

4. Cinnamon and cassia bark are similar in size but different in size. Generally, cinnamon is mainly used as medicine, while cassia bark is mainly used as a condiment for dishes.

5. The main function of cinnamon is to warm the spleen and stomach, dispel wind and cold, and promote blood circulation. It is used to treat cold abdomen and chest fullness, vomiting and choking, rheumatism and pain, falls and blood stasis, bloody diarrhea and intestinal wind. The main function of cinnamon is to replenish Yuan Yang, warm the spleen and stomach, eliminate accumulated cold, and promote blood circulation. It is used to treat deficiency of fire in the gate of life, cold limbs and weak pulse, yang loss and collapse, abdominal pain and diarrhea, cold hernia and running pig, cold pain in the waist and knees, amenorrhea, abdominal masses, yin carbuncle, leukorrhea, as well as floating of false yang, heat on the upper body and cold on the lower body.

6. When used as a traditional Chinese medicine, cinnamon is often used to regulate and treat postpartum abdominal pain, amenorrhea, and menstrual abdominal cold pain. When cinnamon is used as a food spice or cooking seasoning, it is often used as a stew seasoning. Cinnamon is mainly used for medicinal purposes, and when used as a seasoning, it is usually used to make soups.