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By Emma Sanford

Plant Origin: Sri Lanka, Madagascar, India,

Extraction Method: Steam distilled from bark

Cinnamon bark therapeutic-grade essential oil has the same wonderful smell as the spice cinnamon, which is perfect for lifting your spirits. It smells like cookies baking, apple cider, and happy memories. The oil, in fact, has an even deeper scent than cinnamon itself, making it the perfect addition to potpourris and room sprays.

In addition to its wonderful smell, therapeutic-grade essential oil of cinnamon bark is also a powerful healing agent with anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antifungal, anti parasitic, circulatory stimulant, and anticoagulant properties.

Here are just some of the ways you can use cinnamon oil in your home space:

Cinnamon bark therapeutic-grade essential oil is thought to be a particularly effective self healing remedy for digestive disorders, especially constipation and flatulence. It can also stop cramping and may be beneficial for reducing vomiting. It is said to be helpful for regulating blood pressure. It is a supportive oil to inhale gradually, (can be irritating) when you are feeling emotionally exhausted or stressed out. Cinnamon bark oil is used for getting rid of infestations such as lice and scabies. It is also said to be helpful for supporting the healing process of an infection. Using a massage oil infused with 1-3 drops of therapeutic-grade essential cinnamon bark oil, enhances the ease of discomfort associated with arthritis and rheumatism.

Because of the warming properties of cinnamon, the oil has been used in massages as an aid when dealing with colds and flu to bring comfort to the ill person. If you need to gain weight and stimulate your appetite, cinnamon bark oil is a good choice. Take it internally in a vegetable capsule or dilute a drop in four ounces of soy, rice, or almond milk for best results. As anyone who has smelled spice cookies could tell you, cinnamon bark oil is also good for supporting emotional release, especially in times of stress or when you are feeling lonely. It is also thought to stimulate creativity.

Therapeutic-grade essential oil of cinnamon bark can also be used externally, but there is a good chance it can irritate your skin if used without diluting it first. Add 1-3 drop of your oil to ½ oz of a light carrier oil such as olive oil and it will be fine to use on your skin. Remember to wash and rinse you hands thoroughly, before and after working with oils and avoid getting the oil in your eyes. Keep all therapeutic-grade essential oils out of the reach of children.

Cinnamon bark oil can also be irritating to the mucous membranes, so you shouldn’t use it in a bath or get the oil in your nose.

Emma Sanford is a Registered Professional Nurse, Founder and Wellness Consultant of Good Health - Good Scents, a distributorship of chemical free edible wellness products, located in Atlatna Ga.

Ms. Sanford writes and publishes a FREE weekly ezine " Good Health -Good Scents Wellness Tools." Safe subscribe for a FREE copy. Visit, http://www.goodhealth-goodscents.com and http://www.ultimatewellness.blogspot.com