Properties of Cinnamon Essential Oil
Anti-infectious: Cinnamon Leaf essential oil helps combat intestinal, urinary, oral, skin, and even tropical infections.
Antiviral, antifungal, and antibacterial: Its active ingredients can eliminate a wide variety of pathogens.
Environmental antiseptic: Used in diffusion, it helps maintain a pathogen-free environment.
Antiparasitic: Useful in eradicating intestinal parasites.
General stimulant and tonic: Helps against intestinal fermentation, elevates mood in general, and boosts libido.
Practical Uses and Applications of Cinnamon Essential Oil
Cinnamon essential oil has traditionally been used to help in the following situations:
Digestive system: parasitosis, diarrhea.
Infections of different types: urinary, oral, skin, mycosis, warts...
Sexuality: helps with male sexual potency.
Nervous system: helps with asthenia, chronic fatigue, depression...
Recipes with Cinnamon Essential Oil
MASSAGE
- For digestive support: Apply 1 drop of Cinnamon Leaf essential oil with 2 tablespoons of Almond or Coconut Vegetable Oil and 3 drops of Peppermint essential oil and 5 drops of Ginger essential oil on the abdomen before and after meals.
DIFFUSION
- To eliminate persistent odors: Add 3-4 drops to a diffuser along with Lemon essential oil.
- To stimulate energy, vitality, sexuality: Add 3-4 drops to a diffuser along with Geranium, Jasmine, Rose, or Petitgrain essential oil.
Cinnamon Essential Oil Pairs Well With:
Recommended Dilutions for Cinnamon Essential Oil
Maximum generic dilution for topical use recommended in adults: 0.5%
Maximum generic dilution for topical use recommended in children: AVOID
Use this oil only in adults.
Essential oils are highly concentrated substances and should be diluted in almost all uses. Use our dilution table to get a more detailed idea about the correct use of essential oils:
ESSENTIAL OILS DILUTION GENERAL GUIDE
Notes from Our Expert Aromatherapists
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“The aroma of Cinnamon Leaf essential oil (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) floods any room where it is opened within seconds. It quickly conveys feelings of warmth, home, and family, taking us with its scent to a myriad of culinary preparations. Being one of the most effective against infections and parasitosis, it is also one of the most aggressive, so it must be used with special care, especially in topical use.”
Luís Rodero, expert in Aromatherapy
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Identification
Botanical name: Cinnamomum Zeylanicum
Origin: Indonesia
Extraction method: Steam distillation.
Distilled or extracted part: Leaves.
INCI: Cinnamomum Zeylanicum Leaf Oil.
Safety
Do not use during pregnancy, breastfeeding, or in children under 12 years of age. Use with extreme caution in topical use (dilution less than 0.5%).
Keep out of reach of children.
Some natural components of this essential oil may pose an allergy risk for some people. Always perform a tolerance test before using by applying a few drops to the inside of the elbow.
Topical use: Not suitable (dilution less than 0.5%)
Diffuser: In very low concentration.
Phototoxicity: No
Sensitizing: Yes
Irritant: Yes
Allergens naturally present in this essential oil:
Linalool <4%, Eugenol <80%, Benzyl Benzoate <5%, Cinnamal <3%
We always recommend consulting the general precautions for the use of essential oils:
Safety and essential oils
Storage of Essential Oils
It is equally important to know how to store essential oils to ensure their good condition and prevent them from becoming toxic or irritating due to oxidation or contamination. Therefore, we recommend reading this short guide:
Storage of Essential Oils
Important
The information on oils provided by Essenciales comes from popular sources and is for educational purposes only, and does not intend to offer or sell this product as a diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevention of any disease. The International Federation of Aromatherapists does not recommend the ingestion or internal consumption of essential oils except under the strict supervision of a doctor or qualified aromatherapy and clinical phytotherapy professional. It is always recommended to dilute essential oils well. If you are pregnant, suffer from epilepsy, liver failure, or have a health problem, use essential oils only under medical prescription. Never use essential oils in children without proper knowledge or instructions from a professional.
Never ignore professional medical advice.
Essenciales does not provide medical advice nor engages in the practice of medicine.
