Cinnamon Essential Oil
Warming, spicy, aphrodisiac
Cinnamon essential oil stimulates, energizes and warms - a great way to spice up your life!
Use recipes with cinnamon essential oil when you have a deep chill or you're sick.
It warms you up and kills germs at the same time.
Cinnamon is said to be a mild aphrodisiac and, in fact, was used by the ancient Egyptians in love potions (and mulled wines - yummy!)
Note: For skin applications, I suggest using the essential oil Cinnamon Leaf, which has a slightly less intense scent.
For candle making, you may prefer Cinnamon Bark, which has a stronger aroma.
In case you were wondering... yes, it is from the same tree where we get our cinnamon sticks and powdered cinnamon for cooking.
As soon as I get some time, I'll post some aromatherapy cinnamon recipes you can eat.
Botanical Name and Characteristics
Cinnamomum verum
The Cinnamon tree grows up to 50 feet high, with leathery green leaves and small white flowers that develop into light blue berries.
Both the leaves and the bark are used to create essential oils.
The leaves and twigs or inner dried bark are steam distilled to extract the essential oil.
Spicy, warm, clove-like scent.
Therapeutic Action
- revives energy
- helps relieve mental fatigue
- reduces stress
- lifts mood
- warms and relaxes tight muscles
- helps ease pain
- supports digestion, helps relieve stomach discomfort
- helps reduce cellulite
- disinfectant
- repels insects
Blending
Cinnamon's strong middle note blends well with all the citrus essential oils, the spice oils, and lavender, patchouli and ylang ylang.
Blending Side Note: After much experimentation, I decided that essential oil Cinnamon Leaf smells yummier
blended with one or two more oils (like orange and clove - mmmm...) rather than as a stand-alone.
It smells kind of sharp all on its own.
Cautions
Though non-toxic, cinnamon essential oil can irritate the skin and especially the mucous membranes.
Use only in low dilution for skin applications. Do not use during pregnancy.
(I learned this the hard way - I put a drop in my bathwater one day when I was freezing cold - big mistake! My skin itched for hours!
(I do have very fair skin, and I guess it's more sensitive than I realized. REALLY dilute cinnamon oil!)
Buy Cinnamon Essential Oil
Click here to buy cinnamon essential oil
from Mountain Rose Herbs (scroll a little way down the page; they're in alphabetical order.)
I always recommend Mountain Rose first because I like and trust them.
Their quality is excellent, their prices are good, and many of their essential oils are organic (and all of them are therapeutic grade.)
Or you could
shop for cinnamon essential oil
at Amazon. They have a number of different brands available at a variety of prices. (Just remember, you get what you pay for.) Happy hunting!
In terms of recommending suppliers, there's lots of really good suppliers out there, but I keep balking at the price.
I can't in good conscience send you to a supplier whose quality is similar to Mountain Rose but who charges considerably (or even a little) more.
I wouldn't do it myself, and I won't recommend it to you.
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