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Cinnamon

Cinnamon

Botanical name: Cinnamomum Verum / Zeylanicum
Botanical family: Lauraceae

Note: Base

Part of plant used: Leaves

Origin: The cinnamon tree is native to Indonesia but is also found in Sri Lanka, the East Indies, Antilles, Java, and Madagascar.

Description: Sharp, musky & spicy.

History: One of the ancient spices used for embalming. Cinnamon was traded between India, Egypt and Chine over 4,000 years ago.

Properties and Indications:

  • Highly antiseptic
  • Febrifuge – used in the Far East as a beverage to bring down fever
  • One of the best preventatives and protective’s against diseases and epidemics
  • Combats virus’s and flues – good for fumigating
  • Wet, damp, mucousy chest
  • Blood purifier
  • Encourages lymph stimulation
  • Cardiotonic – strengthening, not stimulating
  • Thermoregulator – good for menopause
  • Emmenagogue
  • Aches and pains of the muscular system
  • Helps clear excessive toxins and wastes
  • Carminative
  • Constipation

Personality:

  • For people who lack fire and are cold, empty and hollow inside
  • If lacking goals or guts
  • Promotes a gentle fire in the belly

Contra-indications:

  • Not to be used in pregnancy as it can bring on contractions
  • Cinnamon is a powerful skin irritant

Blending:

  • Cardamom, Clove, Coriander, Cumin, Ginger, Grapefruit, Lavender, Nutmeg, Orange, Pine, Rosemary, Thyme.

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