Cinnamon – Clinical Trials

Many studies validate the use of cinnamon therapeutically for blood sugar balance, and female hormone balance, including effectiveness with Menopause and PCOS.  (1)

History

Avicenna, in his Canon of Medicine, one of the most influential medical books in history, writes of Cinnamon being markedly heating and drying and describes it as being ‘highly attenuant (blood-thinning), and cleansing. It is useful in cough and it clears chest congestion, it removes hepatic obstructions and strengthens liver and stomach’. He wrote that ‘the oil of cinnamon is a wonderful drug for chorea’ i.e. what we would today call ‘involuntary movement disorders. (2)

Herbalist Comments

Cinnamon is taken for uterine and gastrointestinal hemorrhage and for nose bleeds. Because of its astringent nature, it is used for diarrhea, and it is an effective nausea and indigestion remedy. In Chinese medicine, cinnamon is used to warm the interior, for aching of joints, chest obstruction, and phlegm retention. Cinnamon bark is one of the most important herbs in the materia medica for warming the body, activating blood, dispelling internal coldness, and improving digestion.

American Botanical Summary (3)