Cinnamon leaf, Indian leaf, Tejapatra

Folium Indicum, Malabathrum
Tejapatra, Tamalapatra (Ayurveda)
San Tiao Jin (TCM)

Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549

Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640

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Botanical name:
Cinnamomum tamala
Cinnamomum zeylanica and C. malabathrum have been listed as alternate sources, but may be considered adulternats.

Parts used:
Leaf

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent

Classifications:
4g. HEPATIC

Uses:
1. Clears Wind-Cold-Damp, Clears the Channels, Eases Pain:
-Wind-Cold-Damp pain; Rheumatism, Arthritis
-Cough, Cold, Sinusitis

2. Warms the Stomach, moves Qi;
-poor appetite, indigestion, colic
-pain in the Stomach and abdomen

3. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis:
-Dysmenorrhea
-Bruising and Trauma
-Cold-type Chest pain, Palpitation

4. Benefits the Heart, Cheers the Spirit:
-Mental disorders, Insanity, Melancholy (Unani)

5. Externally:
-paste with vinegar over the lower abdomen to promote Urine and menses.
-topically to cold pain and cold swellings
-chewed for bad breath


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Indian Leaf
Krauterbuch, Danz & Uffenbach, 1610

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DOSE:
2–4 grams in decoction;
500mg–2 grams in powder

SUBSTITUTE:
1. Cinnamon bark and Cassia bark has been used in place of Cinnamon leaf.
2. The Chinese use of Cinnamon twig is very similar to the use of Cinnamon leaf in Ayurveda, and is probably a better substitute.
3. Valerian

CORRECTIVES:
Mastic; Jujubes; Syrup of Quince

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Main Combinations:
1. Liver obstruction, Indian leaf with Rhubarb, Cinnamon, Agrimony, Indian Spikenard
2. Swelling and Tumors, Indian leaf with Agrimony, Indian Spikenard, Costus, Licorice, Asarum, Saffron (as in Antidotum Immortale)
3. Epilepsy, Indian leaf with Peony, Licorice, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Clove, Long Pepper, Spikenard, Saffron, Red Coral (as in Electuary of Peony)
4. Uterine pain, Dysmenorrhea, Indian leaf with Cinnamon, Indian Spikenard, Madder, Long Pepper, Clove, Aloeswood, Rhubarb, Thyme (Electuary of Indian leaf)
5. To strengthen the Head, Indian leaf with Red Coral, Tabasheer, Rose, Aloeswood (as in Powder to Strengthen the Head)

Major Formulas:
Syrup of Agrimony Mesue
Powder to Strengthen the Head
Troches of Coral (Diacorallium) (Nicholas)
Troches of Ten Things
Electuary of Peony
Electuary of Indian leaf (Zenon)
Electuary of Lacca (Andrezeos)
Electuary of Rhubarb (Zenon)
Electuary of Aloeswood (Diaxyloaloes) (Mesue)
Electuary of Frankincense (Diaolibanum) (Nicholas)
Electuary of Seseli (Nicholas)
Electuary for Crass and Viscid Humors (Azaricon)
Electuary for Sadness and Worry
Antidotum Immortale
Triphera of the Saracens (Triphera Saracenica Magna)

Nutmeg Powder (Jatiphaladi Churna) (Ayurveda)


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Cautions:
1. Hot and dry. Not for Heat or Yin deficiency.

Main Preparations used: