March 23rd, 2007 | admin

Cinnamon is a spice used mainly in the cooking of meat. It is also used in the cooking of variety of dishes. The dried bark of the tree is used as the spice. It is also an Ayurvedic medicine used in the preparation of decoctions to treat digestive problems – like diarrhea, vomiting, etc. It is also used in the treatment of flu and common cold. Arthritis and rheumatism also find cure in cinnamon.

The tree is found widely distributed in India and in Sri Lanka.

Cinnamon Zeylanicum come in the family lauraceae. The popular names of cinnamon are Karuva patta, Karuvappatta (in Kerala), vazhana, tamalapatra, etc in different parts of India and in Sri Lanka.