cinnamon buds and cassia buds are the receptacles carrying the budding seeds of the cinnamon tree, in this case of the cassia tree. the buds are used in both savory and sweet dishes. They are less bitter and taste less like cinnamon than the bark...
Application : Used in cough, bleeding piles, metrorrhagia, gout, haemorrhagic disorders and diseases of the urinary bladder.
Active Ingredient : Xanthones— euxanthone, mesuaxanthones A and B, 4-phenyl coumarin analogues—mesuol, mammeigin, mesuagin, mammeisin and mesuone, alpha- and beta-amyrin, beta-sitosterol, biflavonoids, mesuaferrones A and B, and mesuanic acid.