Cinnamon 50ml Essential Oil

Warm, spicy, and unmistakably comforting — Cinnamon Essential Oil brings the rich aroma of true Ceylon cinnamon into your home.

Extracted by steam distillation from the Cinnamomum zeylanicum tree, also known as Ceylon cinnamon or true cinnamon, this oil is prized in aromatherapy for its calming and uplifting properties. The leaf oil, gentler and yellow to light brown in colour, is most commonly used in aromatherapy, while the darker bark oil is rarely preferred for this purpose.

With powerful antiseptic qualities, cinnamon oil is a versatile addition to your wellness routine. Diffused in an oil burner, it is said to help ease colds and bronchitis while lifting depression. Added to bath water or blended into a massage oil, it can assist with diarrhoea, chills, infections, flu, rheumatism, and arthritis. It also eases nausea and vomiting, stimulates the glandular system, and helps reduce menstrual pain. Please note: avoid the leaf oil during pregnancy. The bark oil is very strong and should only be used diluted, under expert supervision.

Native to the Indian subcontinent, the cinnamon tree has been an important item of trade for centuries between India, China, and Egypt. The source of cinnamon was a mystery to the Western world for the longest time. Legend has it that giant cinnamon birds collected cinnamon sticks for their nests from a mysterious land where the trees grew. The Arabs then tricked the birds and obtained the cinnamon from them — a belief that persisted in Byzantium up to 1310.

• Latin Name: Cinnamomum zeylanicum
• Part of Plant Used: Leaves & Twigs
• Source: Sri Lanka
• Extraction Method: Steam Distillation