Healing Power and Curative Properties
Bad breath
Cinnamon serves as a good mouth freshener.
Headache
Headache produced by exposure to cold air is readily cured by applying a paste of finely powdered cinnamon mixed in water on the temples and forehead.
Acne
Paste of cinnamon powder prepared with a few drops of fresh lime juice can be applied over pimples and blackheads with beneficial results.
Cinnamon is highly beneficial in the treatment of several other ailments, including spasmodic afflictions,
asthma, paralysis, excessive menstruation, uterus disorders and
gonnorhoea
. It is sometimes used as a prophylactic agent, to control German measles
Other Uses
Natural Birth-Control: Cinnamon can be used for natural birth-control. It has the remarkable effect of checking the early release of ova after child-birth. A piece of cinnamon taken every night for a month after child-birth delays menstruation for more than 15 to 20 months thus preventing early conception. It indirecdy helps the secretion of breast milk. Prolonged breast feeding checks the restarting of menstruation after child-birth, according to studies
Natural Birth-Control: Cinnamon can be used for natural birth-control. It has the remarkable effect of checking the early release of ova after child-birth. A piece of cinnamon taken every night for a month after child-birth delays menstruation for more than 15 to 20 months thus preventing early conception. It indirecdy helps the secretion of breast milk. Prolonged
breast feeding checks the restarting of menstruation after child-birth, according to studies
Dried cinnamon leaves and inner bark are used for flavouring cakes and sweets and in curry powder. They are also used in incense, dentifrices and perfumes. Cinnamon bark oil is used for flavouring confectionery and liqueurs. It is also used in pharmaceutical and dental preparations. Cinnamon leaf oil is used in perfumes and flavourings as also in the synthesis of vanillin.