Cinnamon Bark essential oil has a warm, spicy aroma that is so inviting any time of year but especially during the Autumn Season! Cinnamon Bark cleanses the air, creates a warming sensation on the skin when applied topically, and contains antioxidants that help support the immune system and general wellness. Cinnamon Bark essential oil is a key ingredient in the popular Thieves essential oil blend, which has been used in a line of both personal care and household products. Overall it is a staple essential oil for every household!
CINNAMON BARK AT A GLANCE
CINNAMON BARK: THE HEARTWARMER In Chinese medicine there are fascinating theories around using herbs with certain properties to balance the body. Conditions are categorized by influences such as cold vs. heat. Imbalance of “cold” relates to stiffness, decreased energy and vitality, lethargy, and congested flow of all of the body's fluids.
Cinnamon is an herb of warmth that brings an invigorating energy into our organs and immune system. This oil is supportive of the heart, lungs, and digestive system, increasing movement when these systems are weakened.
We can remember Cinnamon's benefits as heartwarming, like the friend who always helps us find our spark in life again, who kindles our dreams and shares their own energy with us, lifting our spirits.
BACKGROUND Native to Sri Lanka, Ceylon cinnamon, or true cinnamon, is a tall, leafy bush that produces fragrant bark and leaves. A member of the laurel family, it is well known the world over as an aromatic culinary spice. Cinnamon Bark is one of the ingredients in “Four Thieves Vinegar” which protected bandits who rummaged the homes and graves of the dead during the black plague, and it is historically believed to attract wealth.
Cinnamon Bark essential oil is steam distilled from the inner bark of the tree and has a warm, spicy aroma that evokes memories of the holidays when diffused. Cinnamon Bark Vitality contains antioxidants and may provide immune and general wellness support when taken as a dietary supplement. Note: Cinnamon Bark and Cinnamon Bark Vitality are the same essential oil, simply labeled differently to comply with FDA standards.
KEY CONSTITUENTS Constituents are naturally occurring compounds in plants (and therefore essential oils) that give them sprecic health-supporting properties
Cinnamon is loaded with powerful antioxidants, such as polyphenols. Antioxidants are a huge bolster to health since so much of our modern life can create oxidative stress in the body. In a study that compared the antioxidant activity of 26 spices, cinnamon wound up as the clear winner, even outranking “superfoods” like garlic and oregano! Antioxidants also help support the body's response to inflammation, which plays a role in almost all chronic diseases. Cinnamon can also support healthy cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure levels, making it a wonderful tool for our health!
STUDIES TO EXPLORE
CINNAMON BARK AND EMOTIONS All of Young Living's essential oils work to support the entire body - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual - and Cinnamon Bark is no different. Cinnamon Bark is a wonderful tool for when you feel easily annoyed or when you feel the need to act a part or fake something. We have all heard the term "fake it until we make it," and often we suppress or play a role in new situations, during holiday times and/or around family. It's not coincidence that the fall and winter months have us gravitating towards warm aromas like Cinnamon Bark! You can use this oil to help you move out of a fake role and more into the true version of you.
How does this work? How do oils help with emotions? Counselor Eryn Jones says: “You may have heard that your sense of smell is directly linked to the limbic system (think Fight, Flight, Freeze, emotional responses that seem to come before thoughts do! You know you always get an unpleasant feeling somewhere in your body before you even process news that can be upsetting or frustrating, right?). This means that smells trigger big emotions and programmed responses. You can probably smell Cinnamon Bark, for example, and remember your Granny baking cinnamon rolls at Christmas and it feels nostalgic, comforting, and homey.
Here is where oils come in to help in bigger ways, other than just triggering memories. The compounds found in essential oils can also help re-write reactions you have that are negative/ unpleasant (programmed responses). Our brains are trained by outside forces in early life, and then our own beliefs later in life. I've never met anyone who has a 100% positive all-the-time inner thought life, but some of us have a more negatively skewed inner dialogue than others!
In the same way essential oils can trigger good-feeling memories, they can be used as a tool in conjunction with helpful resources (like Releasing Emotional Patterns with Essential Oils by Dr. Carolyn Mein) to help you release the triggered negative patterns that you have from a long history of thinking and feeling the same way.
Smell is so powerful to bring about good memories, and essential oils can help solidify NEW (more positive) ways of thinking by helping the limbic system to interact with the more cognitive/ analytical parts of the brain and super-charge your brain's own ability to GET UNSTUCK! By smelling essential oils and focusing on the way you WANT to feel and think, you are creating a new pathway in your brain.”
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DIFFUSE: Diffusing is a wonderful health habit! We have our diffuser going almost 24/7 and love to choose blends that are supportive of individual needs or systems. Try some of these great combinations and enjoy the warm, spicy scent of Cinnamon Bark!
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