Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil

Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil Safety Info

While some suggest never using Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil topically due to a high cinnamaldehyde content, Tisserand and Young suggest a max dermal application of 0.07%. Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil is at risk as a mucous membrane irritant and skin irritant it may inhibit blood clotting and is not for use during pregnancy or breastfeeding. Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil should still follow the safety guidelines below. ~ Source:  Tisserand, Robert and Young, Rodney. Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health Care Professionals: Churchill Livingstone; 2 edition (2013). Reading the full profile for Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil is highly suggested by your DeRu Staff.

While we’ve made this clear that we are selling this essential oil to use in your diffuser, your inhaler, or topically (diluted), it is a pure essential oil and can be used as such.  With all essential oils:

Oral Safety is only given because many people have been told to take oils internally.  Because several people look to us for safety advice, we feel obligated to offer those safety statements, although we do not believe anyone should be ingesting essential oils without being guided by an expert.  Experts will take your medical history into account before they suggest oils for you to ingest, diffuse, or use topically.

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1. Antibacterial activity of essential oils and their major constituents against respiratory tract pathogens by gaseous contact

https://academic.oup.com/jac/article/47/5/565/858508         

2. Antibacterial effects of cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) bark essential oil on Porphyromonas gingivalis.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/29325862/?i=5&from=cinnamon%20bark%20essential%20oil

3. Antibacterial Mode of Action of Cinnamomum verum Bark Essential Oil, Alone and in Combination with Piperacillin, Against a Multi-Drug-Resistant Escherichia coli Strain.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25381741

4. Antiinflammatory Activity of Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) Bark Essential Oil in a Human Skin Disease Model.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/28444928/?i=16&from=cinnamon%20bark%20essential%20oil

5. Aromatherapy Massage on the Abdomen for Alleviating Menstrual Pain in High School Girls: A Preliminary Controlled Clinical Study

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2012/187163/

6. The battle against multi-resistant strains: Renaissance of antimicrobial essential oils as a promising force to fight hospital-acquired infections 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010518209000523

7. Chemical Burn From Cinnamon Oil

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5459757/?utm_content=buffere0452&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

8. Cinnamon: A pharmacological review

http://www.sciensage.info/journal/1310494005JASR_1008103.pdf

9. Cinnamon Extract Improves Insulin Sensitivity in the Brain and Lowers Liver Fat in Mouse Models of Obesity                                                                

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3958529/    

10. Cinnamon: Potential Role in the Prevention of Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, and Type 2 Diabetes 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2901047/

11. Cinnamomum zeylanicum bark essential oil induces cell wall remodelling and spindle defects in Candida albicans.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/29456868/?i=3&from=cinnamon%20bark%20essential%20oil

12. Effect of cinnamon on postprandial blood glucose, gastric emptying, and satiety in healthy subjects

https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/85/6/1552/4632985

13. Effects of Peppermint and Cinnamon Odor Administration on Simulated Driving Alertness, Mood and Workload

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/article/North-American-Journal-Psychology/200919505.html

14. Efficacy of cinnamon bark oil and cinnamaldehyde on anti-multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the synergistic effects in combination with other antimicrobial agents.

https:/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/27245046/i=24&from=cinnamon%20bark%20essential%20oil

15. Inhibitory effects of cinnamon and clove essential oils on mold growth on baked foods

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/28946351/

16. Preventive effect of cinnamon essential oil on lipid oxidation of vegetable oil

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3845693/

17. Screening of the antibacterial effects of a variety of essential oils on microorganisms responsible for respiratory infections 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17326042

18. Selective Essential Oils from Spice or Culinary Herbs Have High Activity against Stationary Phase and Biofilm Borrelia burgdorferi

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5641543/

19. Synergistic effects of some essential oils against fungal spoilage on pear fruit

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168160517302891?via%3Dihub

Information provided has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.

The International Federation of Aromatherapists does not recommend that Essential Oils be taken internally unless under the supervision of a Medical Doctor who is also qualified in clinical Aromatherapy. All cautions listed for individual oils do not include those cautions from ingestion.

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