Cinnamon

     As a child growing up, my great grandmother would spend Christmas Eve night at our house.  On Christmas morning we would wake up to the smell of what we called "sticky buns" baking.  They were pecan rolls and they contained cinnamon.  The smell of cinnamon is one that has holiday memories for many of us.  But did you know that cinnamon has many medicinal purposes as well?  It should not be a surprise that many of our spices are also distilled as oils and used not only in their powder form for culinary uses but also for medical reasons in their oil form.  I have cinnamon bark essential oil  at times in my diffuser and I use it in a form called vitality that is ingestible.  It is one that I rotate through, using a drop in my bedtime tea for a week and then rotating to another one of several for another week.  To name a few of many, Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil is used by those that believe it helps them as a   anti-microbial,   an anti-inflammatory,  for blood sugar stabilizing and for weight loss.  I am interested in its use as an anti-inflammatory.  Read more about the medicinal uses of cinnamon HERE in everyday language and for a more scientific article read THIS.  Be aware that cheaper fragrant oils that are sold are not the same as the essential oils which cost more.  Fragrant oils  smell just as nice but are synthetically created and do not have the same plant medicinal value.  I use Young Living essential oils because I am comfortable with the product being a high quality oil due to their seed to seal guarantee.  

     Please follow the links in the above paragraphs to learn more about the uses of cinnamon.  And enjoy the informative video that follows.  If you are ready to obtain the essential oils that I use please click HERE.