Cinnamon
Cinnamomum verum
"Cinnamon bark has been used for several thousand years in traditional Eastern and Western medicines. Galenical preparations of cinnamon bark are used to treat anorexia, bloating, dyspepsia with nausea, flatulent colic, and spastic conditions of the gastrointestinal tract as a component of compounds used n traditional greco-European medicines and traditional Indian ayurvedic medicine. The approved modern therapeutic applications for cinnamon are supportable based on a combination of factors including its long history of traditional use in well established systems of traditional medicine, in vitro studies, experimental studies in animals, and phytochemical investigations. In the United States and Germany cinnamon is used as a carminative and stomachic component of herbal compounds in dosage forms including aqueous infusion or decoction, alcoholic fluidextract or tincture, and essential oil. It also appears in both countries as a component of multi-herb cough, cold, and fever formulas.”
- Herbal Medicine: Expanded Commission E
