| Dried Cassia bark is the spice. The essential oil is called cassia cinnamon oil (Oleum Cinnamon). Apart from its use as spice, it is a well known medicine reinforcing ‘yang’, the body fire. ‘Gui zhi’ (dried twig of cassia cinnamon) is collected in spring and summer and dried in the sun or in the shade used in decoctions, has analgesic and anti-pyretic properties. |
| Botanical name | Family name | Commercial part |
| Cinnamomum cassia Blume. | Lauraceae | Bark and leaf |
| Indian Names | |
| Hindi | : Jangli dalchini |
| Gujarati | : Tajj |
| Malayalam | : Ilavangum,vayana |
| Sanskrit | : Sthulatvak |
| Tamil | : Ilavangapattai |
| Telugu | : Lavangapattai |
Name in international languages
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