Soothes indigestion, controls blood sugar in diabetics, prevents stomach ulcers, wards off urinary tract infections, fights tooth decay and gum disease, prevents vaginal yeast infections.

Apple Pie is always baked with cinnamon powder, while stewed apricots could always do with a stick of cinnamon. Boil a stick of cinnamon in water to remove the cooking odour in your kitchen.

No spice powder in India is complete without a stick of cinnamon. But cinnamon is more than just a kitchen spice. It has been used medicinally for thousands of years. Modern science has confirmed its value for preventing infection and indigestion, and has also discovered a couple of new therapeutic uses for the herb.

Cinnamon stick is a piece of the bark of an Asian tree. Ancient Chinese herbals have made a mention of cinnamon as early as 2700 B.C. Chinese herbalists still recommend it for fever, diarrhoea and menstrual problems. Cinnamon was an ingredient in ancient Egyptian embalming mixtures. In the Bible, Moses used it in holy anointing oil.