...The leaves also produce cassia leaf oil, similar to clove oil, which is used as a fragrance and medicine. Good quality cassia bark is also obtained from cassia ( C. cassia Bl.), found in southern China and Indochina, and is often used in herbal medicines. In China, cassia twigs (branches with a diameter of less than 1 cm) and cassia (thick bark) were used, but in Japan, no distinction is made and the relatively thin bark is referred to as cassia bark. *Some of the terminology that mentions "cassia bark" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…また葉からは丁子油に似た桂葉油が得られ,香料,薬用に用いる。中国南部からインドシナにあるカシア(ケイ)C.cassia Bl.からも良質の桂皮cassia barkが得られ,生薬ではこれがよく用いられる。中国では桂枝(径1cm以下の枝)と肉桂(厚い樹皮)が使われたが,日本では区別せずに比較的薄い樹皮を桂皮と称する。… ※「cassia bark」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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