Cassia (Cinnamon)

Description

Cassia Essential Oil has a pungent, warm scent. Cassia contains 1% to 2% volatile oil (cassia oil), which is mainly responsible for the spicy aroma.

Cassia Essential Oil has traditionally been used as a tonic, carminative and stimulant to treat nausea, flatulence and diarrhea. Chinese and Japanese scientists have found that Cassia’s sedative effects lower high blood pressure and fever in experimental animals. The constituents of the oil have antiseptic properties, killing various types of bacteria and fungi.

Cautions: Cassia Oil is a dermal irritant, dermal sensitizer and a mucus membrane irritant and should be avoided in pregnancy.

• Latin Name: Cinnamomum cassia
• Steam Distilled from the Leaves