Cinnamomum Zeylanicum (Organic)

Origin: Sri Langka/Madagascar

Herbal/Folk Tradition; The inner bark of the new shoots from the cinnamon tree are gathered every two years and sold in the form of sticks for use as a domestic spice. It has been used for thousands of years in the East for a wide range of compalints including colds, flu, digestive and menstrual problems, rheumatism, kidney troubles and as a general stimulant. Current in the British Herbal Pharmacopoeia as a specific for flatulent colic and dyspepsia with nausea.

The oil are used extensively in food flavouring, especially in alcoholic and soft drink, including Coca Cola. 

Characteristics:

1. a yellow to brownish liquid with warm-spicy, somewhat harsh odour

2. a pale to dark yellow liquid with a sweet, warm-spicy, dry, tenacious odour. it blends well with Frankincense, Ylang yalng, orange, tangerine, geranium, peru balsam and oriental type mixture.

Aromatherapy Use: 

not advisable on skin even on dilution as the bark oil is dermal irritant. vaporise for stronger immune system, chills, colds, flu, infection diseases.