Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil

Description

Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil Profile

Botanical: Cinnamomum zeylanicum | Origin: Sri Lanka | Method: Steam Distilled

Characteristics:

A pale to dark yellow liquid with a sweet, warm spicy, dry, tenacious odor. It blends well with frankincense, ylang-ylang, orange, mandarin, benzoin, balsam Peru, and in oriental-type mixtures.

Principal Constituents:

These are naturally occurring in the essential oil.

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• cinnamaldehyde
• eugenol
• benzaldehyde
• cuminaldehyde
• pinene
• cineol
• phellandrene
• furfurol
• cymene
• linalol

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General Actions:

Anthelmintic, antibacterial, antidiarrheal, antidote to poison, antimicrobial, antispasmodic, antiputrescent, aphrodisiac, carminative, digestive, emmenagogue, hemostatic, orexygenic, parasiticide, refrigerant, spasmolytic, stimulant (circulatory, cardiac, respiratory), stomachic, vermifuge.

Safety:

The bark oil is a dermal toxin, irritant and sensitizer; also irritant to mucous membranes. Use in extreme dilution.

Primary Therapy Agent:

Inhalation or diffusion only unless diluted for topical use.

Secondary Therapy Agent:

No specific data at this time.

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