Folk Remedy No. 1 for Hepatitis
Cinnamomum Powder
Medicines: Cinnamomum.
Usage: Take appropriate amount of cinnamomum, grind into fine powder, take 9–18g daily, divided into 3–4 doses orally.
Efficacy: This formula treated 1100 cases of viral hepatitis; among them, 50 cases without jaundice were cured in 42 cases; 5 cases with jaundice (all previously treated with horse hoof gold, one-bundle needle, and road yellow decoction, with jaundice subsided but serum transaminase remained elevated, then treated with this formula), liver function rapidly returned to normal after medication; 30 cases of chronic type cured 24 cases; 15 cases of chronic type cured 10 cases. Most serum transaminases normalized within 3 weeks. No significant effect on high serum opacity index. Six cases relapsed within 2 years after cure.
Source: Zhejiang Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 1980<Hepatitis>