Chemotype and indications
Identity card
Name : Ceylon Cinnamon
Botanical name: Cinnamomum verum J. Presl or Cinnamomum zeylanicum blume
Distilled part: Leaf
Botanical family: Lauraceae
Origin: Madagascar
Chemical composition:
- Aromatic Alcohols
- Aromatic Aldehydes
- Esters: Cinnamyl Acetate, Benzyl Benzoate
- Monoterpenes: Beta Pinene
- Monoterpénols: Linalol
- Phenols (70%): Eugenol (70 to 87%)
- Sesquiterpenes: Beta Caryophyllene
Physical properties and therapeutic indications
- Very broad spectrum anti-infective*
- Bactericide*, fungicide*, virucide*, parasiticide*
- Cystitis*
- Emmenagogue*
- Enterocolitis**
- Severe bronchitis**, pharyngitis**, oropharyngitis**
- Immunostimulant*, neurotonic*
- Stomatite*, Salpingite*
- Odontalgia*
Emotional, psychological properties and therapeutic indications
- State of fatigue, stimulant
- Anxiety, mental tension
- Postnatal depression
- Instability
- Feeling of loneliness
- Psychic stabilizer.
Not indicated for energetic uses, because it lacks subtlety and complexity.
Additional information
Danger:
Irritating, in high doses, for the digestive tract. It could even be convulsive in excessive doses. This is one of the densest EOs.
Very dermocaustic for the skin and especially dangerous for the mucous membranes (always add vegetable oil)
Exciting in high doses and toxic for the liver.
Prohibited for: babies and young children, people with high blood pressure, as well as those with excessive nervousness, because there is a risk of convulsions
Legend: * powerful, ** very powerful; *** extremely powerful (power value for the associated pathology)
Reference and bibliographic source: Lily BAYER and Dr Hervé STAUB, (2013) "In-depth Treatise on Phyto and Aromatherapy", Ed. Grancher. p. 467.
THE INDICATIONS IN AROMATHERAPY AND THE USE OF ESSENTIAL OILS DO NOT CONSTITUTE A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND DO NOT REPLACE THE ADVICE OF A DOCTOR OR MEDICAL TREATMENTS!