Cassia Twig is the dired young stem of Cinnamomum cassia Presl (Fam. Lauraceae).

Action: To induce perspiration, to warm the channels and stimulate menstrual discharge, to reinforce yang. to relieve palpitation, and to promote the descending of qi.

Indications: Common cold; epigastric pain with cold feeling; amenorrhea due to cold in blood; arthralgia; edema; cardiac palpitation; gastro-intestinal neurosis with a feeling of masses of gas rushing up through the chest to the throat from the lower abdomen.