CINNAMON PIPE Iphym Herbalism Cinnamomum burmannii

CINNAMON PIPE IPHYM Herbalism Cinnamomum burmannii

Latin name: Cinnamomum burmannii

Family: Lauraceae

Common names: Cinnamon, cinnamon tree

Parts used: Dried bark (the cinnamon “pipe”)

Origin: Sri Lanka

It is the main species of cinnamon tree. It is with its inner bark that cinnamon is produced.

Properties CINNAMON PIPE

Cinnamon bark has digestive and appetizing stimulant properties. It is astringent and tonic. It is also an adrenocortical stimulant. This plant is sympathicotonic, tonic and general stimulant, sexual as well as aphrodisiac. It prevents stomach ulcer and it is anti-Helicobacter pylori. There are emmenagogue properties (strengthens uterine contractions). It is also a euphoriant, antidepressant and anti-diabetic plant. There is a favorable activity on glycated hemoglobin, the hydro-alcoholic extract reduces postprandial hyperglycemia and reduces the risk of developing metabolic disorders. It reduces protein glycation. It is a neuroprotective, potentialities in Parkinson's disease. In addition, it is an anti-hypertensive.

Indications and uses CINNAMON PIPE

Cinnamon is used in the following indications:

- Digestive disorders

- Fatigue, asthenia

- Diabetes, metabolic syndrome

- Influenza and infectious diseases

- Period delays

- Male functional impotence

- Nervous breakdowns

- Gastritis and ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori

- Diabetes

Remark

Fiber in cinnamon?
Spices aren't the first foods you think of when talking about dietary fiber... Yet, surprisingly, fiber makes up more than half the weight of ground cinnamon: a serving as small as 2g of cinnamon (1 teaspoon) contains 1.3 g of fiber. Note that it is recommended to consume 25 g of fiber per day for women aged 19 to 50, and 38 g per day for men of the same age group.

Precautions for use and contraindication of cinnamon

- Risk of mouth irritation, contact stomatitis, small mouth ulcers, lesions or inflammation of the gums

Botanical description CINNAMON PIPE

Small tree (6 to 12 m high) with evergreen leaves, often reduced to the state of a shrub by size, opposite leaves with the smell of cloves, oval, with a central rib and two secondaries not joining the end, bark thick and rough.
Native to India, cultivated in Sri Lanka, introduced to the islands of the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia, tropical forests.

Cinnamon pharmacology

Active ingredients: Starch, polycyclic diterpenes, procyanidolic oligomers, hydroxychalcone