Cinnamon is a herb that is known as a flavouring spice in cooking. Its properties enables it to bring healing to many people from ancient times till now. Cinnamon has anti-inflamatory, anti- bacteria, anti-viral, and antioxidant properties. For this reasons, cinnamon has been beneficial for the treatment of various ailments like diabetes, joint conditions, high blood pressure and helpful in flavouring numerous alcoholic beverages.True cinnamon (Cinnamon umzaylandica) has a more delicate and finer flavour than cassia which comes from cinnamon cassia. Both type of cinnamon can be sold under the name of cinnamon. They are obtained from bark. The bark is stripped from shoots of cinnamon trees that have been forced to root-sprout in order to produce the quills or curls of cinnamon sold whole or ground. The outer bark of true cinnamon is then rooted from the inner bark while the cleaned inner bark is dried making it to curl into tight, red-brown quills. The cassia is obtained in this same way except that the outer bark is not stripped away. This makes cassia to be much coarser than cinnamon.
Nutritional information
Energy 24.7 kcal
Fat 0.12 g
Carbohydrates 8.06 g
Protein 0.4 g
Medical warning
People with liver problems should be careful with the usage of cinnamon as it may worsen the situation. Consult your doctor before using cinnamon products.
The use of cinnamon
1. Heart diseases
Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder and apply it on your bread instead of jam. This reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves you from heart attack. If you already had an attack, do this daily, and you are kept miles away from the next attack.
2. Arthritis
a) Take one part of honey (1/3) to two parts of warm water (2/3) and add a small teaspoonful of cinnamon powder, make a paste and massage it on the itchy part of the body slowly. The pain recedes within two to three minutes.
b) Take daily, 1cup of hot water, 2 teaspoonful of honey, and 1 teaspoonful of cinnamon powder. Take it morning and night. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can cured.
3. Hair loss
For hair loss or baldness, apply a paste of hot olive oil, 1 spoonful of honey, 1 teaspoonful of cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for around 15 minutes, and then wash the hair.
4. Bladder infections
Take 2 tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one spoonful of honey in a glass of warm water and drink it.
It destroys the germs in the bladder.
5. Toothache
Make a paste of one teaspoonful of cinnamon powder and 1 teaspoonful of honey and apply on the aching tooth.
This may be applied 3 times a day till the tooth stops aching.
6. Cholesterol
Two teaspoonful of honey and three teaspoonful of cinnamon powder mixed in a tea cup of warm water, given to a cholesterol patient, reduces the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours.
7. Cold
Those suffering from common or severe colds should take 2teaspoonfuls of olive oil, 1 teaspoonful of warm honey with ¼ teaspoonful of cinnamon powder for 3 days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold and clear the sinuses.
8. Infertility
Honey and cinnamon strengthen the semen of men. Take regularly two tablespoons of honey and cinnamon before going to sleep.
9. Conception
Women, who are finding it hard to conceive and need to strengthen the uterus, should take a pinch of cinnamon powder in half teaspoonful of honey and apply it on the gums frequently throughput the day, so that it slowly mixes with the saliva and enters the body.
10. Stomach upset
Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root. .
11. Gas
If honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.
12. Immune system
Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.
13. Indigestion
Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food, relives acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.
14. Influenza
Honey mixed with cinnamon contains a natural ingredient, which fights influenza germs and saves the patient from fluenza germs and saves the patient from flu.
15. Longevity
Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly arrests the ravages of old age. Take 4 spoons of honey, I spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1|4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age.
16. Pimples
A) 3 teaspoonful of honey and 1 teaspoonful of cinnamon powder and make paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, experts say, "it removes pimples from the root.
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B) Egg white, honey and few drops of lime or lemon. Apply as face mask and wash off after around 20 minutes with warm water.
17. Skin Infection
Applying honey and cinnamon powder (equal parts) on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.
18. Weight Loss
Daily in the morning, 1|2 hour before breakfast on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup of water. If taken regularly it reduces the weight of even the most obese persons. Also drinking of this mixture regularly does not allow fat to accumulate in the body even if the person eat, a high calorie diet.
19. Fatigue
Dr. Milton. Who has done research on honey says that half teaspoonful of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3.00 p.m., when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body.
20. Bad Breath
First thing in the morning gargle with I teaspoonful of honey and 2 teaspoon of cinnamon powder mixed in warm water.
21. Hearing Problem
Honey and cinnamon powder taken in equal parts daily, morning and night helps and even restores hearing.
22. Natural honey balls
4 cups of peanuts (groundnuts)
1 cup dried coconut (not so sweet)
2 cups of carrot powder
1 1|2 cup of natural honey
Mix ingredients together by hand or in a food processor and sprinkle cinnamon.
Roll into balls. Refrigerate or freeze for it to last for some time.
23. HIV 1
The anti-viral property of cinnamon has been tested to have positive effects on HIV 1 patients.
24. Diabetes
Ceylon cinnamon lowers blood sugar level by decreasing insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes by up to 24% in a month and also reduces cholesterol up to 18% in a month.
Culled from the book
Health Boosters: mustard seed, olive oil, honey and cinnamon.
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