Oil Spotlight: Cinnamon Bark

 

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

  • Has a warm, spicy, inviting aroma

  • Eliminates odors when used aromatically

  • Creates a warming sensation when applied topically

  • Has the highest known ORAC value

  • Strong antioxidant

  • Part of the Botanical Family Lauraceae (Laurel Family)

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.

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.”

DAILY HABITS WITH CINNAMON BARK:

  • Dilute Cinnamon Bark with V-6 Vegetable Oil Complex and massage it on your feet for a warming massage that supports healthy circulation and tired muscles.

  • Take Cinnamon Bark Vitality as a dietary supplement to help support a healthy immune system.

  • Add a drop of Cinnamon Bark Vitality to your daily NingXia Red for an extra boost!

  • Elevate your Pure Protein Complete smoothie or green drink with a drop of Cinnamon Bark Vitality and benefit from its antioxidant properties.

  • Drop Cinnamon Bark oil onto pinecones, garlands and other seasonal decor to create a simple passive diffuser.

  • Add some spice to your coffee or tea! Add a drop or two of Cinnamon Bark Vitality to coffee grounds before brewing or add a drop to honey before stirring into warm tea or water.

  • Use Cinnamon Bark Vitality in your baking recipes in place of ground cinnamon - 1 drop is approximately 1 tsp ground spice.

DIFFUSE:

  • Autumn Breeze: 3 drops Orange, 3 drops Cinnamon Bark, 2 drops Northern Lights Black Spruce, 1 drop Clove, 1 drop Nutmeg

  • Coffee Shop: 4 drops Stress Away, 3 drops Cinnamon Bark, 2 drops Tangerine

  • Pumpkin Spice: 3 drops Clove, 3 drops Cinnamon Bark, 2 drops Orange, 2 drops Nutmeg, 1 drop Ginger

  • Cozy Home: 4 drops Lavender, 3 drops Cinnamon Bark, 2 drops Clove, 2 drops Vanilla

Now you know why we're all obsessed with Cinnamon Bark!

 
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