Cinnamon Essential Oil History and Health Benefits
Essential oils have been used by our ancestors for so many years whether in culinary or medical use. It provides a never ending rejuvenating fragrance that tickles every part of our body. Some oils are renowned for their impeccable touch therapy to our senses. Cinnamon bark was known for its delectable feeling which completely fills our senses. It is commonly associated with culinary use and somehow has a tremendous effect on treating common complaints like cold, flu and even pre-menstrual difficulties. And for the Chinese, they saw good effects through medical use as far back as 2700 BC. Cinnamon is mentioned in the Bible and then had its own place in the list of medicinal plants featured in Dioscorides' De Materia Medica, a book that features the scientific study of medicinal drugs, their sources, preparations, and uses at that particular history time. Where did it come from? Cinnamon bark oil is extracted from the dried inner bark of a tropical evergreen of the Lauraceae bo