The benefits of cinnamon as an herbal medicine that you should know
KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. Apart from being a sprinkling on the diet, cinnamon is a powerful herbal remedy that can cure a number of diseases.
Cinnamon is widely used as a topping for food and beverage menus. The distinctive aroma of cinnamon makes food and beverage menus taste more delicious.
As information, the part of the cinnamon plant that is widely used is the bark. Generally, the bark is processed directly or mashed into a powder.
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Do you know the cinnamon plant?
Quoting from a book entitled Traditional Potions for High Blood Pressure by Hembing Wijayakesuma, cinnamon trees grow wild in the forest to the side of the road.
Cinnamon trees thrive in areas with an altitude of 500-1,500 m above sea level. If it is well developed, the cinnamon tree can grow to 5-15 meters.
The wood color of the cinnamon tree is brown red. Meanwhile, the leaves are elongated ellipses.
Cinnamon content
It is not strange that cinnamon is widely used as a spice and a sprinkling of food and drinks.
Another fact, cinnamon is useful as an herbal medicine which is believed to be able to treat a number of diseases.
Launching from a book entitled Medicinal Plants and Its Usefulness 2, cinnamon contains essential oils of eugenol, safrole, sinamaldehyde, tannins, flavonoids, calcium, oxalate, and resin.
Cinnamon is antirheumatic, analgesic, laxative fart (carminative), appetite enhancer (stomachica), and laxative sweat (diaphoretic).
Benefits of cinnamon as an herbal medicine
Containing the active compounds above make cinnamon a herbal remedy that can cure a number of diseases.
Here are the benefits of cinnamon as an herbal medicine that you should know.
1. Gout drug
Frequent recurrence of uric acid? Cinnamon can be the medicine. Just so you know, the flavonoid content in cinnamon plays a role in inhibiting uric acid production in the body.
2. The drug diabates mellitus
Quoting the book entitled The Miracle of Herb by Dr. Prapto Utami, Desty Ervira Puspaningtyas S.Gz, cinnamon contains caffeine and cinnamic compounds which play a role in inhibiting the activity of the glucosidase enzyme.
When the activity of the glucosidase enzyme is inhibited, the effect is that blood sugar levels decrease. Cinnamon can be an alternative treatment for people with diabetes, aka diabetes mellitus, who don’t want to take prescription drugs.
3. Diarrhea medicine
Cinnamon can be an herbal medicine for diarrhea. This is because cinnamon contains essential oils that are antimicrobial.
Based on research conducted by Damayanti in 2004, the essential oils in cinnamon can inhibit the growth of the bacteria Staphylococus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Samonelia Typhimurium.
4. High blood medication
Do you have high blood pressure? You can lower your blood pressure by consuming cinnamon.
The flavonoids in cinnamon can lower blood pressure in the body.
5. Increase appetite
Cinnamon is istomachica which means it increases appetite. This means that cinnamon can be a solution for children or those of you who often lose their appetite.
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