| Cinnamon Essential Oil is distilled from both the bark | | | | Not only is cinnamon great for helping with appetite |
| and leaf of the cinnamon plant which comes from Sri | | | | loss and indigestion problems as well as dealing with |
| Lanka and Indonesia. | | | | flatulent dyspepsia, dyspepsia with nausea, intestinal |
| The aroma of the cinnamon essential oil that has | | | | colic as well as digestive atony which is associated |
| been distilled from the bark is similar to that of cassia | | | | with colds and other debilitating conditions. It can also |
| (Chinese Cinnamon) and it is often combined with | | | | help to relieve the effects of nausea and vomiting |
| frankincense as well as other oriental woods. | | | | and because it is mildly astringent is particularly useful |
| However, cinnamon essential oil can cause irritation to | | | | to use on infantile diarrhea. |
| the skin and should be handled with care. This kind of | | | | Certainly the essential oil found is cinnamon is known |
| essential oil is particularly good use in aromatherapy | | | | to be a potent antibacterial, anti-fungal and uterine |
| to warm and comfort the person being treated. | | | | stimulant and there are certain terpenoids found in |
| Whilst the aroma produced by the oil distilled from | | | | this oil which are believed to account for the |
| the cinnamon leaves is more reminiscent of the smell | | | | medicinal effects cinnamon has. |
| of cloves than cinnamon because of the large | | | | Although test tube studies carried out show that |
| amount of eugenol in it. It is often best mixed with | | | | cinnamon can augment the action of insulin no clinical |
| oriental fragrances and as previously mentioned it | | | | trials have yet proved that cinnamon can improve |
| should be handled with care as it can cause irritation | | | | the action of insulin in people who suffer from |
| to the skin. Where the essential oil from the | | | | diabetes. There are more than 170 million around the |
| cinnamon bark is ideal for aromatherapy where a | | | | world who suffer from diabetes and this number |
| person wants to feel warm and comfortable that | | | | continues to rise. May be many of these could |
| distilled from the leaf seems to refresh and vitalize a | | | | actually benefit from being able to take such an |
| person. | | | | easily accessible product. There is evidence to show |
| The primary components of cinnamon are | | | | that this spice has the power to cut blood sugar |
| cinnamaldehyde, gum, tannin, mannitol, coumarins and | | | | levels nearly as much as statin drugs. |
| the essential oils known as aldehydes, eugenol and | | | | It is believed that a substance known as MHCP is the |
| pinene. As it is predominantly used as a carminative | | | | reason why cinnamon reignites the body's fat cells to |
| addition to herbal prescriptions. | | | | respond to insulin and this dramatically increases the |
| Some recent studies have shown that if you | | | | removal of glucose. |
| consume as little as 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon each | | | | There have also been a couple of studies carried out |
| day you may be able to reduce blood sugar, | | | | which reveal new evidence that act as an |
| cholesterol and triglyceride levels by as much as 20%. | | | | anti-inflammatory agent, along with being an |
| For those patients who suffer from Type II Diabetes | | | | anti-oxidant agent and ones that can lower |
| and who are not taking insulin it is mildly carminative | | | | cholesterol, triglycerides and glucose as well as |
| as well as a great way of treating nausea and | | | | improve the functioning of insulin in the body. |
| flatulence that these people suffer from. Whilst it can | | | | In fact it can not be denied that the power of |
| be used on its own or as a combination therapy to | | | | cinnamon can not be denied in helping some diabetics |
| treat diarrhea. | | | | or pre-diabetics. |
| Chinese Herbalists suggest that people who are in the | | | | However, it is important that you talk to your doctor |
| 70's or 80's and develop a cough which involves the | | | | prior to taking cinnamon in case it has any effects on |
| spitting of whitish phlegm from their throats of a | | | | the medications you are already taking. |
| frequent basis should chew and swallow a small pinch | | | | Essential oils by themselves are very powerful and |
| of powdered cinnamon. This remedy also seems to | | | | cinnamon essential oil should never be taken internally |
| help those people who suffer from cold hands and | | | | unless under the supervision of a qualified |
| feet (especially at night). | | | | professional. |