Cassia

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 Spanish : Canela de la China French : Cannelle de cochinchine German : Kassie Swedish : Kassia Arabic : Darasini Dutch : Kassia Italian : Cassia Japanese : Bokei Chinese : Gui pi/Gui