by Benedict Njue

Created on: September 12, 2009   Last Updated: September 14, 2009

CINNAMON BENEFITS AND USES.

Cinnamon is an aromatic herb that is used for its distinct flavor and fragrance. Cinnamon has very many uses and benefits to humans. Flavoring soft drinks, coffee, teas, baked products are some of the common cinnamon benefits. Cinnamon is also an additive to tooth pastes and chewing gum to provide a fresh breath to the user. Powdered cinnamon is also used for cooking and with its pleasant fragrance, cinnamon is essentially used as air freshener at home by boiling it in water.

Apart from these, cinnamon benefits are far much wider and not limited to home only. The medicinal bit is the most wide spread of cinnamon benefits. Stomach upsets are now easily taken care of by boiling a teaspoon of cinnamon in water and drinking it as tea! More cinnamon benefits as a carminative are realized when you add cinnamon to food as it stimulates the organs in the body. Cinnamon benefits humans by reducing gas in the intestinal tract too where there is stomach indigestion problems. Cinnamon benefits to humans are also clear when it inhibits bacterial growth and thus making it a natural food preservative. Cinnamon benefits to patients with diabetes are immeasurable as it has a regulatory effect on blood sugar. Essentially, cinnamon benefits to humans are vast and wide. There are more....

More medicinal cinnamon benefits are treatment of arthritis. Mixing cinnamon in honey and Luke warm water, and then using the resulting paste to massage the itching part of the body, incredible cinnamon benefits are noticeable in two minutes when the pain is receded! For chronic arthritis patients, taking a cup of hot water mixed with honey and cinnamon will help a great deal too. More cinnamon benefits are seen where it is used for treatment of hearing loss, weight loss and fatigue. Taking honey mixed with cinnamon gives energy restoring benefits. Almost all cinnamon benefits are noticeable when it is mixed with honey and a cup of boiling water. For the case of weight loss, cinnamon mixed with honey and hot water and drinking it regularly does not allow accumulation of fat in the body even when someone eats high calorie diets. More cinnamon benefits include treatment of hair loss and toothache. Applying the paste of honey, hot olive oil and a teaspoon of cinnamon mixture on the head for a quarter hour before bath helps in hair loss. Mixing honey and cinnamon and applying on a aching tooth will also greatly reduce the pain.

More cinnamon benefits are treatment of bladder infections and kills germs in the bladder by taking cinnamon powder mixed in honey, more than 10% of body cholesterol reduction is also achieved in less than an hour by mixing honey in cinnamon and boiling it in hot water and drinking it as tea. Stomach upsets, indigestion, flu and bodily pimples too are relieved by taking cinnamon mixed in honey while most skin infections are treated by applying cinnamon and honey paste on the affected skin.

Basically, cinnamon benefits are vast and wide. More cinnamon benefits include treatment of heart diseases, stomach cancer, and also boosting the immune system. All these cinnamon benefits are achieved by ingesting a mixture of cinnamon powder mixed in honey and / or hot or luke warm water. Cinnamon benefits are many to humans! Try it today!

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