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Main medicinal effects of cinnamon:

Insufficient kidney yang; Mingmen fire, fear of cold, cold limbs; waist and knees Soreness and weakness; impotence and spermatorrhea; difficult or frequent urination; shortness of breath and shortness of breath; edema and oliguria; weak Mingmen fire; fire does not return to its source; wearing Yang; blocking Yang; and hot upper part and cold lower part; bare face and cold feet; dizziness and tinnitus; mouth and tongue Erosion; spleen and kidney deficiency and cold; cold epigastric and abdominal pain; loss of appetite and loose stools; kidney deficiency and low back pain; cold-damp arthralgia; cold hernia pain; cold uterus and infertility; dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea; postpartum stasis and abdominal pain; vaginal bleeding; or Deficiency and cold, carbuncle ulcers with pus that do not ulcerate; or ulcers that do not converge after ulceration

Taboos for use

Yin deficiency and fire hyperactivity, excess heat in the body, and blood heat indiscriminately Not suitable for bleeding or pregnant women. Fear of red stone fat.

1. Effect on the central nervous system:

1.1. Sedative effect:

Cinnamaldehyde contained in cinnamon has a significant sedative effect on mice. It manifests as decreased spontaneous activity, excessive activity caused by methamphetamine, ataxia caused by rotarod test, and prolonged anesthesia time of cyclohexobarbital sodium. It has an analgesic effect by using tail-pressing stimulation or intraperitoneal injection of acetic acid in mice to observe writhing movements.

1.2. Cooling effect:

It has a cooling effect on the normal body temperature of mice and on artificial fever caused by typhoid and paratyphoid mixed vaccines. For rabbits with fever caused by warm thorns, cinnamic aldehyde and sodium cinnamate have antipyretic effects. It can delay the time of cataleptic convulsions and death caused by strychnine, and can reduce the incidence of cataleptic convulsions and death caused by nicotine. It is invalid for those caused by tetrazole.

2. Antihypertensive effect:

Aconite and cinnamon compound has antihypertensive effect on adrenocortical hypertensive rats (a model formed by burning one adrenal gland); on renal Hypertensive rats (model formed by ligating the kidneys in a figure-8 shape) have no effect. This effect may be due to the fact that aconite and cinnamon promote the activity of the adrenal glands with reduced function and make them tend to normal.

3. The role of preventing schistosomiasis:

Mice take oral infusion (unspecified species) 0.2ml/10g body weight (10.8g/180ml) every day, one dose 15 days. It has no preventive effect on schistosomiasis infection on the third day of taking the medicine. If used together with realgar, betel nut and asafoetida, it will have a certain effect.

4. Effect on blood:

Cinnamon has a significant inhibitory effect on ADP-induced platelet aggregation in rats in both in vitro and in vivo tests. In vitro tests show that cinnamon decoction and dissolved The methanol part has a strong anticoagulant effect. The monomers extracted from cinnamon, cinnamic acid and coumarin, have no obvious anticoagulant effect. In vivo tests, cinnamon decoction also had no anticoagulant effect and did not affect fibrinolytic activity in rabbits. 5. Effect on the digestive system:

5.1. Stomach-invigorating effect:

Cinnamon oil stimulates the sense of smell, can reflexively promote gastric function, and can also directly stimulate the gastric mucosa. It increases secretion, enhances peristalsis, and has an aromatic stomachic effect.

5.2. Intestinal stimulant effect:

Cinnamon oil can promote intestinal movement and excite the intestines when given to rabbits orally. It also has the same effect on isolated rabbit intestines, which is a good explanation for the ancients' theory of warming the spleen and stomach and removing cold accumulation.

6. Other effects:

6.1. Menstrual effect:

A large amount of cinnamon oil can cause uterine congestion and show the menstrual effect. This is an ancient herbal theory. The crash effect provides an experimental basis.

6.2. Bactericidal effect:

Cinnamon oil has a strong bactericidal effect and is more effective against Gram-positive bacteria than Gram-negative bacteria. Because of its irritation, it is rarely used as an antibacterial. Medicinal, but topical application can treat stomach pain, flatulence, colic, etc.

6.3. Stomach-tonifying and carminative agent:

It can be used as a stomach-tonifying and carminative agent when taken orally. It also has obvious fungicidal effect. A mixture containing 1.5% cinnamon oil and 0.5% thymol has been used to treat tinea capitis. Cinnamaldehyde and sodium cinnamate can cause dilation of blood vessels in frog web membranes and an increase in white blood cells in rabbits.

6.4. Expectorant and antitussive effects:

Cinnamon oil is absorbed and excreted from the lungs, diluting mucus and exhibiting expectorant and antitussive effects.

6.5. Diuretic effect:

It is excreted from the kidneys and causes local irritation, showing a certain diuretic effect.

6.6. Anti-radiation effect:

Sodium cinnamate has been proven to have anti-radiation effect on mice and dogs after a single whole-body irradiation of cobalt 60 and lethal doses of gamma rays.

6.7. Anti-complement effect:

The diterpenoids in cinnamon have anti-complement effect.

6.8. Control blood sugar balance, prevent and treat diabetes

Cinnamon contains flavanol polyphenol antioxidants, which can improve the stabilizing effect of insulin on blood sugar levels and reduce insulin resistance. . The way to achieve such functions is: ①Activate enzymes that can stimulate insulin receptors. ② The insulin signaling pathway in skeletal muscle tissue is smoother. Studies have found that cinnamon helps increase the activity of insulin. The active ingredients in cinnamon help increase the levels of three key proteins: these proteins have important effects on insulin receptors, blood sugar transport and inflammatory responses, thereby promoting insulin activity or increasing the body's sensitivity to insulin. In addition, some studies have found that some components in cinnamon have properties similar to insulin and can also help control blood sugar levels.

Eating about half a spoonful of cinnamon every day can achieve the above effects - improvements in blood sugar levels, total cholesterol, bad cholesterol and triglyceride levels. And this dose is safe and reliable without any side effects. If you are taking medication and receiving treatment, please consult your doctor beforehand.