About Cinnamon

Cinnamon bark is widely used as a spice. It is mainly used in cookery as a condiment or flavouring. In North Africa and the Middle East it is often used in savoury dishes of chicken and lamb.

In medicine Cinnamon has a reputation as a cure for colds. It has also been used to treat digestive symptoms. It is high in antioxidants and the essential oil of cinnamon has anti-microbial and anti-fungal properties. Cassia is a close relative but has a stronger flavour than Cinnamon and the sticks are thicker. It is generally a medium to light reddish brown and is hard and woody in texture. Most if not all of the powdered cinnamon sold in supermarkets in the US is actually Cassia.

About Pure Honey

Honey has been called the food of the gods; because its nutritional and healing properties have been known for thousands of years. It is a natural product with beneficial effects. It has been used for centuries as a cure-all; sometimes with miraculous results. It can be used both internally and topically for a myriad of conditions. Honey is hygroscopic; which means it has the property of absorbing moisture. It has natural antiseptic and soothing properties and is still found today in some creams and ointments as well as cough and cold remedies. This golden nectar can help to support your immune system and make disease resistance easier. Because it is a natural product there should never be any side effects.

Caution: never give honey to babies under 1 year

A Powerful Combination

Honey is produced all over the world and Cinnamon is widely grown in Sri Lanka, India, Java, Sumatra, the West Indies, Brazil, Vietnam, Madagascar, Zanzibar, and Egypt. Did you know though that when the two are combined they become a force to be reckoned with?

Why do we recommend this combination to our patients/clients? As you will see below, honey and cinnamon works on various imbalances – but our concern is with the patient’s cancer or immune system. In addition to this the older we become the more inefficient our digestion becomes and as the patient is put onto a restricted diet, we are attempting to give the body every assistance we can in aiding digestion without depleting enzymes.

What Are They Reputed To Cure?

 Anti-Ageing:

Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly arrests the advances of old age. Take 4 spoons of honey, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil. Drink 1/4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It also helps to keep the skin soft and reduces wrinkles

Arthritis:

Mix two teaspoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder into a cup of hot water. Take morning and night. Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. It is said that if taken regularly even chronic conditions can be cured.

Bad Breath:

Gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water. Your breath should stay fresh all day.

Bladder Infections:

Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of warm water and drink. This should kill off any bacteria in the bladder.

Cholesterol:

To reduce cholesterol by on average 10%, take two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of cooled green tea. It is claimed that if this mixture is taken 3 times per day chronic cholesterol can be cured.

Colds:

Take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. This process will cure most chronic coughs and colds and help to unblock the sinuses.

Cancer:

Patients suffering stomach cancer or bone cancer may like to try taking one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month 3 times a day.

Fatigue:

Half a tablespoon of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily at about 3.00 p.m. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease can increase energy within a week.

Gas:

According to studies carried out in the Orient and the East, it is reported that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

Heart Diseases:

Mix honey and cinnamon powder, apply to toast and eat it regularly for breakfast (no butter!) It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and can prevent heart attack. Honey and cinnamon can revitalize the veins and arteries.

Hair Loss & Baldness:

Make a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder. Apply to head and leave for 15 minutes then wash off.

Hearing Loss:

Equal parts of honey and cinnamon powder taken each morning helps to restore hearing loss.

Indigestion:

Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food, relieves acidity and aids digestion.

Infertility:

In Ayurvedic medicine it is said that if impotent men regularly take two tablespoons of honey before going to sleep, their problem will be solved.

Women who cannot conceive can try a pinch of cinnamon powder in half teaspoon of honey and apply it to the gums frequently throughout the day, so that it slowly mixes with the saliva and enters the body.

Influenza:

Two parts honey to one part cinnamon can alleviate the symptoms of flu.

Immune System:

Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and from viral attacks. Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases

Insect Bites:

Make a paste of I teaspoon of honey, two teaspoons of lukewarm water and a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. Gently rub this paste onto the bite and the pain will reduce very quickly.

Pimples:

Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder mixed to a paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. Your pimples should start to fade and disappear very soon.

Skin Infections:

Mix honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts and apply to affected areas. Good for eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

Toothache:

Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply to the aching tooth. This may be applied up to 3 times a day till the tooth stops aching.

Upset Stomach:

Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.

Weight Loss:

Several reports say that drinking honey and cinnamon powder mixed with boiling water half an hour before breakfast and again at night before bed can reduce weight. Reduce cravings with cinnamon.

Honey Health Benefits

Honey is a natural sweetener with proven bioactive antibiotic and antiseptic properties. It’s best to get honey that was produced in your area if possible. Honey is made from flower nectar. The nectar turns to honey with the help of invertase, an enzyme bees mix with it. Honey contains vitamins and enzymes necessary for the proper metabolism and digestion of glucose and other sugar molecules.

Many beauticians use honey to extract blackheads. They apply a thin coat of honey to the area with blackheads then lightly pat the area repeatedly until the honey pulls the offending blackhead out of the pore. Disgusting, but it works.

Honey is twice as sweet as sugar and has very high glycemic load food so should be avoided in large amounts if you have diabetes, Candida, or other sugar issues like hypoglycemia. The flavor of the honey varies according to the flower source.

Honey is an excellent source of potassium. It also contains thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pyridoxine, and ascorbic acid, not to mention calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, and sodium. I love the darker honey because it has a “snap” to it. The darker honey is also higher in minerals.

Honey and Babies- The National Honey Board warns that honey may contain spores that can cause infant botulism if given to children less than one year of age. Adults and older children are routinely exposed to botulism spores in dust, soil, honey, and other uncooked foods, but are almost never affected by them.

In immature infants’ digestive tracts, however, the spores are able to germinate and release the botulism toxin.

Symptoms of infant botulism include constipation, lethargy, poor feeding, weak cry, droopy eyelids, and occasionally, respiratory arrest. By the age of 12 months, infants develop a digestive tract mature enough to handle the toxin.

Local Honey Useful for Allergies? We don’t really know why direct exposure to pollens causes hay fevers whereas small doses of honey (up to two teaspoons per day) does the opposite. Some people think that the tiny doses of pollens in the honey act as a homeopathic. A homeopathic dose of something works in the body by allowing it to recognize a particular foreign body within the body (like a pollen) and get rid of it by attacking it and eliminating the harmful toxin through the kidneys, liver, bowel and skin.

I have allergies and eat honey every day, but I don’t really know how effective this is, but it’s cheaper than allergy shots. The more local the honey, the better. Getting it from local sources insures that the honey will have those pollens in it that you are allergic to. We get ours at the local outdoor Farmer’s Market.

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