How to eat cinnamon

Cinnamon, also known as cassia bark, is a common spice. Of course, in addition to being used as a spice, cinnamon also has many other ways to be eaten. Since cinnamon has different therapeutic effects, if you want to achieve different effects, you also need to eat cinnamon in different ways. So, what is the most effective way to consume cinnamon? Next, I will introduce to you the usage and therapeutic value of cinnamon!

1. Introduction to Cinnamon

Cinnamon bark, also known as cinnamon, official cinnamon or fragrant cinnamon, is a general name for the bark of plants of the Lauraceae family, such as Cinnamon bark, Cinnamon bark, Cinnamon bark or Cinnamon bark. This product is a commonly used Chinese medicine and also a food spice or cooking seasoning. The original plants of commercial cinnamon are relatively complex, with about ten species, all of which are plants of the genus Cinnamomum in the family Lauraceae. There are 8 species commonly used in various places, among which the main ones are osmanthus, cinnamon, cinnamon and south China cinnamon, while other species are mostly used as regional medicines. Various varieties were used as spices in ancient Western countries. It is used in Chinese cuisine to flavor stews and is one of the ingredients in five-spice powder.

2. Cinnamon recipe guide

1. For patients with yang deficiency and fire deficiency in the lower part of the body, with symptoms such as fear of cold, cold limbs, sore waist and knees, impotence and spermatorrhea, and difficulty or frequent urination, it is best to use it together with Aconite to enhance the effect of warming and tonifying kidney yang.

2. For those who suffer from long-term cold accumulation, cold stagnation and qi stagnation, resulting in cold pain in the abdomen, bloating and pain in the ribs, intestinal rumbling and diarrhea, this herb can be ground into powder and taken alone.

3. This product enters the liver and kidney blood, can warm the meridians and dredge the vessels, so it is often used for dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea and postpartum abdominal pain caused by cold stagnation in the meridians and stagnation of qi and blood. It should be used together with Chuanxiong and Dangshi in clinical practice.

3. Cinnamon dietary effects

Cinnamon is spicy, sweet, and hot in nature. It enters the kidney, heart, spleen, and liver meridians. It has a strong spicy flavor that descends and ascends at the same time, and can move and defend.

It has the effects of warming the kidney and supporting yang, guiding fire back to its origin, dispelling cold and relieving pain, warming the meridians and unblocking blood vessels;

It is mainly used to treat kidney yang deficiency, fear of cold and cold limbs, sore waist and weak back, impotence and spermatorrhea, uterine cold and infertility, difficulty urinating or frequent urination, enuresis, shortness of breath and rapid wheezing, edema and oliguria; cold pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, poor appetite and loose stools; decline of the fire in the gate of life, the fire not returning to its origin, heat on the upper body and cold on the lower body, red face and cold feet, dizziness, tinnitus, and erosion of the mouth and tongue; low back pain due to deficiency and cold, arthralgia due to cold and dampness, cold hernia, dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea, abdominal pain due to postpartum blood stasis, yin sores and pus that do not break, or pus that does not heal after breaking.