The Use of Honey and Cinnamon as a Medication

Ayurvedic as well as Yunani medicine have been using honey as a vital medicine for centuries.

Contributed by Raju Patel and edited by Gilgi Hauser

According to Ayurvedic medicine, a mixture of Honey and Cinnamon can be beneficial to many ailments and diseases and on 17^th January 1995, ‘Weekly World News’ - Canada, published a list of ailments/diseases that can be helped / treated with a Honey/Cinnamon mixture. Some of the important details of that information are as below:

HEART DISEASES - Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, spread it on bread or chapatti instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly for breakfast. This can help to reduce the cholesterol in the arteries and maybe reduce the possibility of a heart patient from suffering a heart attack. Patients, who have already suffered attacks, are also advised to ingest the honey/cinnamon mixture to ward off further attacks.

Regular use of the mixture relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heartbeat. In USA and Canada, various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that due to increasing age, the arteries and veins, which lose their flexibility and become clogged, are revitalized.

ARTHRITIS - Mix one part honey to two parts of lukewarm water and add a small level teaspoon of cinnamon powder. Make a paste and massage slowly onto the itching area of the body. It has been found that the pain can recede within a minute or two. Arthritic patients can also benefit from the daily intake morning and evening, of one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder mixed together. In a recent research program conducted at Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon honey and half a teaspoon cinnamon powder before breakfast; within a week, out of 200 patients who underwent the treatment, 73 patients were relieved of pain, and within a month most of the patients who could not walk or who had limited mobility due to their arthritis, started walking without pain.

HAIR LOSS - For people suffering from hair loss or baldness the following paste has been found to be effective: In warm olive oil, mix one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon cinnamon powder, make a paste and apply before taking a bath. Leave on the scalp /hair for around 5 ―15 minutes, and then wash the hair.

BLADDER INFECTIONS - Stir two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and ingest. This can destroy the bacteria in the bladder that are the cause of the infection.

TOOTHACHE - Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply to the aching tooth. This may be applied 3 times a day until the tooth stops aching.

CHOLESTEROL - Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of cinnamon powder mixed into 16 ounces of tea water, can aid in the reduction of cholesterol levels in the blood by 10% within a two hour period. As mentioned above for arthritic patients, if this mixture is ingested 3 times day, chronic cholesterol can be lowered. Pure honey, also ingested daily without cinnamon, taken together with food, is an aid in lowering cholesterol levels.

COLDS - Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey mixed with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. This will cure most chronic coughs, colds and clear the sinuses.

INFERTILITY - Yunani and Ayurvedic medicine have been using honey for thousands of years to strengthen the semen of men and improve impotence. Through the regular ingestion of two tablespoons of honey, prior to sleep, impotence can be greatly reduced. In China, Japan and Far-Eastern countries, women, who do not conceive and need to strengthen the uterus, have been taking cinnamon powder for centuries. Women, who are unable to conceive, may take a pinch of cinnamon powder in half teaspoon of honey and apply it on the gums frequently throughout the day, so that it slowly mixes with the saliva and can therefore enter the body. There is a story about a couple in Maryland, USA who were unable to produce children for 14 years and had lost hope of having a child of their own. When told about the honey cinnamon mixture both the husband and wife started ingesting the mixture and the wife conceived after a few months, giving birth to healthy twins.

UPSET STOMACH - Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomachache and can also clear stomach ulcers.

GAS - According to studies done in India & Japan, honey, taken together with cinnamon powder can relieve the stomach of gas.

IMMUNE SYSTEM - Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.

INDIGESTION - Cinnamon powder sprinkled onto two tablespoons of honey taken before eating, relieves acidity and aids in the digestion of the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA - A scientist in Spain has proven that honey contains a natural ingredient, which kills influenza germs.

LONGEVITY - Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the ravages of old age. Take 4 spoons of honey, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil as if making tea. Drink 1/4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also increases and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.

PIMPLES - Make a paste from three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleep and wash it off the next morning with warm water. If applied daily for two weeks, the paste can remove pimples.

SKIN INFECTIONS - Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts can cure eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

WEIGHT LOSS - Drink daily in the morning on an empty stomach, 1/2 hour before breakfast and at night before sleeping, a honey and cinnamon powder mixture boiled in one cup of water. If taken regularly, it is said to reduce the weight of even the most obese person. Also by drinking this mixture regularly, fat does not accumulate in the body even though the person maybe eating a high calorie diet.

CANCER - Recent research in Japan and Australia has reveled that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder, 3 times a day for one month.

FATIGUE - Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful than detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon power in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Half a tablespoon of honey stirred into in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily n the afternoon at about 3.00PM when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, can help the body to have more vitality within a week.

BAD BREATH - In order to maintain fresh breath throughout the day, the people of South America, gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water first thing upon awakening.

HEARING LOSS - Taken daily, morning and evening, honey and cinnamon powder taken in equal parts can restore hearing.