Rou Gui - Cinnamomi Cortex Essential Oil, 5ml

The delicious spicy sharp aroma of our CO2 extracted Rou Gui essential oil is deeply heating and pleasantly stimulating.

Cinnamon Bark is from the Cassia tree which grows in China's Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan provinces. The best quality bark used for medicinal grade Rou Gui is thick, smooth and oily from the lower part of the tree indicating its energetic reach to warm the middle and lower jiao along with its action to fortify the Kidney Yang. Its purple-crimson color illustrates that it tonifies the Heart Yang and warmly unblocks the vessels.

Rou Gui essential oil may be considered in a blend with Dang Gui and Chuan Xiong oils to promote menstruation and relieve cramps when cold is a causative factor. Rou Gui oil may also be a helpful addition to blends for various types of pain due to cold obstruction. Topically, Rou Gui essential oil should be used sparingly and always with a carrier oil.

Note: base

TCM Category: warming the interior

Major Chemical Components: Phenols (Phenypropanols): cinnamaldehyde, >80%, eugenol 5-10%. Aldehydes 65-75%. Coumarin.