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Cinnamon

Latin Name : Cinnamomum Zeylanicum
Hindi Name : Dalchini

Part Used : Bark, Oil

Cinnamon plant is found mainly on the west coast in India. It is a moderate sized evergreen tree 8-18 Mts. tall and around 50 cm in diameter with reddish brown soft bark. Cinnamon bark has numerous small warts. The leaves are elliptical, shiny with a round base. Cinnamon flowers are small. Cinnamon fruits are dark purple in colour and are ovoid.

Cinnamon Properties
The bark is bitter, sweet, aromatic, astringent, deodorant, stimulant, expectorant, diuretic, carminative (cures flatulence), protects from infectious diseases and helps drive off fever.

Cinnamon Uses
Cinnamon is used to cure bronchitis, asthma, diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting, flatulence, fever, headaches, bad breath and toothaches.

Cinnamon oil is useful in anorexia, inflammations, vomiting, and pain in the stomach and toothache.
Cinnamon essential oil is said to have antispasmodic, antibacterial, antifungal and anti-infectious properties. Too much cinnamon essential oil can be a skin irritant and over use can be toxic.

Additional Information:
Cinnamon - Ayurvedic Herbs and their Healing Power:
The colloquial name for cinnamon is dalchini and its botanical name is Cinnamomum Zeylanicum. Cinnamon is a small, bushy and lustrous green tree. Dried leaves and/or dried bark of this tree form a constituent of many spice mixtures as well as of medicines.