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Cinnamon oil is obtained from the bark and the leaves of Cinnamomum zeylanicum. It is indigenous to Sri Lanka and the Malabar Coast of India. It is also found in Jamaica and Brazil.
This Oil from cinnamon’s leaves embodies a spicy, musky scent and has a light-yellow hue. Generally, extraction happens through steam distillation of the cinnamon plant’s leaves after they’ve been dried for several days.
This oil is obtained by peeling or chipping off the bark and then distilling it with steam or carbon dioxide. Cinnamon bark oil has a darker, brownish color and a spicy, woodsy scent. It has a higher potency than cinnamon leaf oil.
Like all plants, cinnamon has compounds called terpenes that influence its scent and therapeutic characteristics.
Two dominant terpenes in cinnamon essential oil include:
Cinnamaldehyde: This terpene creates cinnamon’s characteristic warming, comforting aroma. It also gives the essential oil anti-fungal, antibacterial, and antimicrobial properties.
Cinnamyl Acetate: This circulation-promoting terpene helps ensure that the body receives sufficient oxygen and nutrients from head to toe.
Cinnamon also contains the phenol eugenol, which has antiseptic and analgesic properties.
Cinnamon oil is used in aromatherapy, topically applied to the skin (either mixed with a carrier oil or in a skincare product), and taken orally.
Its antibacterial, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antimicrobial characteristics benefit the skin in various ways.
Cinnamon essential oil is used as a natural pain reliever. It is known to help with chronic pain, joint stiffness, muscle pain, and aches. It can be applied by mixing it with a carrier oil (like olive oil) directly onto the area that hurts.
Cinnamon oil also be used to get rid of the random body aches that occur when one works for long hours, as well as muscle knot pain and pain in the lower back.
A huge health benefit of cinnamon essential oil comes from using it as a form of aromatherapy through a diffuser. It can be used with other essentials oils that are known for their antibacterial properties such as eucalyptus oil, rosemary oil, tea tree oil, and even lemon oil in order to get rid of any bacteria in the air around you. It takes about 10 minutes to effectively kill off all the bacteria and mosquitoes, thus preventing you from falling sick easily.
Cinnamon essential oil has anti-rheumatic properties and can be mixed with other anti-rheumatic oils in order to provide relief from arthritis. By using it with a base oil like mustard oil, one can have quick relief from the pain that is caused in the joints by arthritis. A massage once a day with these oils is the best way to go about it.
Cinnamon essential oil is known for helping people with depression. When inhaled from the vial for about a minute, it can help soothe the mind and help you battle negative feelings and thoughts. The smell of cinnamon essential oil is quite pleasant so inhaling it for a minute will not seem odd.
