CINNAMON THEORIES

In India, cinnamon is used to flavour sweet treats, but every villager also knows that chewing on the cinnamon stick is a powerful treatment for the monthlies. The spice, which stimulates the uterine muscles, is also used in difficult deliveries due to inadequate contractions. A painkiller as well as a uterine stimulant, cinnamon is essentially the herbal equivalent of many overthe-counter menstrual medications. The Chinese, who along with other Asians use it as a treatment for PMS, agree that cinnamon promotes regular and easy menstruation. Did you ever notice that after eating a cinnamon-powdered doughnut you couldnt help but love the whole world? And you thought it was your blood sugar reaching an acceptable level! Cinnamon has been used as a tranquilliser since before Western civilisation became civilised (that is to say if it ever did). The source of this sedative effect is the cinnamaldehyde contained in cinnamon powder and, more powerfully, in cinnamon oil, which has been proven to tranquillise both animals and human beings. In some interesting Chinese research, scientists discovered that they were able to neutralise the effects of phenobarbital and methamphetamine in mice with a matching dose of cinnamaldehyde. The same chemical was found to relieve pain in mice. Since overcharged nerves do present a threat to life and, as they say, stress kills, a hot cup of relaxing cinnamon tea may be just what the herbalist ordered. The folk treatment for bronchial asthma in various parts of Asia, this same cinnamon tea has been found by researchers to stop most sufferers attacks. More and more, asthma is being linked to emotional upset, and the calming nature of the substance may be at the root of this cure. By Dr. Douglas Schar http://doctorschar.com/about/ Another American physician, Dr.Locke, had similar experiences with the drug and mention this fact in his book written in 1901. Cinnamon is astringent and stimulant. Its chief constituent is its essential oil. Though used as an aromatic its chief use is to control uterine haemorrhage. It acts promptly by contracting the bleeding vessels. Cinnamon is of considerable value in some forms of diarrhoea, or chalk and cinnamon water may be administered. The dose of powdered cinnamon is from ten to thirty grains; of the tincture one or

two drachms; of cinnamon water from one to four drachms; of the oil, five drops. Dr.Christopher Hansard, a practitioner of Bon Tibetan Medicine, had yet another angle on the drug, cinnamon is seen as being quite dif ferent than cassia, a distinction is made. It is imported from India and is used in three states, whole, broken,and powdered. It is used in psychiatric medicine, to increase bodily heat, and to sooth aches and pains. We use it infused in oil for massage into the skin, in incense to be burned and smelled, and we burn it directly on the skin a use known as moxa. On the psychological side it is use in depression, obsessive disorders, and fits of violent rage to calm a person down. It will warms the body up and helps it to expel illness. It is a good general tonic. Stuart Fitzsimmons, an herbalist of Cardiff , Wales had a different view of the drug. Cinnamon is excellent in respiratory infections and in any condition that features a lot of mucous production. There is an old belief that heat melts solids or disperses solids, and in a respiratory infection the solid is mucous and the heat is the cinnamon. A strong cinnamon tea is excellent in a congested cold, sinus infections, glue ear, otitis media or inner ear infection, all upper respiratory tract infections with congestion. Cinnamon stimulates circulation to the periphery and warms cold hands and feet. The upper respirator tract doesnt have the best circulation, and the increased circulation to the sinuses and ears may be why it helps to clear such infections.For both circulation problems and upper respiratory infections, a teaspoon of cinnamon added to a cup of hot water taken three times a day will be enough. It will also increase circulation to the penis if erections are a problem. Five drops of cinnamon oil added to 100 millilitre of olive oil, massaged into the penis, will help some men suffering from impotence. Sources: zeylanicum/ http://doctorschar.com/archives/cinnamon-cinnamomum-