The other day I got a forwarded email from my mom touting all the amazing medicinal benefits of cinnamon and honey. Now, the claims are pretty bold so it is a little hard to believe that these two simple, everyday spices/foods can have such an incredible and beneficial effect on our health and no one knows it, but on the other hand, Americans today seem to much prefer and believe in pills and medications over using lifestyle changes and food to improve their health, so I can believe that some or all of this could be true but that Americans wouldn't give credence to such simple homeopathic solutions.
On a non-cooking related note, I have had horrible eczema my entire life. It was miserable, ugly, and humiliating for me, and I visited so many doctors and tried so many medications throughout my childhood and teenage years that didn't work, so I assumed it would never really get better. When I moved to Morocco, I bought a book on my kindle one day because it sounded interesting. It was called You're Not Sick, You're Thirsty. I was definitely skeptical when I started reading the book, but the author explained things well and it all made sense, so when I came to parts that professed that allergies were caused by being dehydrated, and I knew my allergies caused my eczema to act up, I decided to give his methods a try. I started drinking the recommended amount of water and stopped using my allergy pills. I was really and truly shocked at how much better my skin got. For the past 9 month, then, I have barely used any medication for my skin, which is a huge contrast to the steroids, allergy pills, and other variety of medication I used regularly for the first 23 years of my life. In addition to being happy that my system has probably flushed out at this point most of the medications I was putting into it on a regular basis, my skin doesn't look like I have a disease, except for all the scars. So after that experience, I am a little more likely to believe that simple attention to incorporating something into your diet and routine can have a really wonderful impact on your health.
So, before I pasted in the text about cinnamon and honey that my mom sent me, I wanted to do a little research and see what I could find about cinnamon and honey and their medicinal value. I will go ahead and paste the email text in now, and at the bottom you can find some sources I found that are related to or support the claims made. I also want to say that I don't know who wrote this email, and I haven't tried any of the treatments myself, it is just something I found interesting and curious and thought I would share.
On a non-cooking related note, I have had horrible eczema my entire life. It was miserable, ugly, and humiliating for me, and I visited so many doctors and tried so many medications throughout my childhood and teenage years that didn't work, so I assumed it would never really get better. When I moved to Morocco, I bought a book on my kindle one day because it sounded interesting. It was called You're Not Sick, You're Thirsty. I was definitely skeptical when I started reading the book, but the author explained things well and it all made sense, so when I came to parts that professed that allergies were caused by being dehydrated, and I knew my allergies caused my eczema to act up, I decided to give his methods a try. I started drinking the recommended amount of water and stopped using my allergy pills. I was really and truly shocked at how much better my skin got. For the past 9 month, then, I have barely used any medication for my skin, which is a huge contrast to the steroids, allergy pills, and other variety of medication I used regularly for the first 23 years of my life. In addition to being happy that my system has probably flushed out at this point most of the medications I was putting into it on a regular basis, my skin doesn't look like I have a disease, except for all the scars. So after that experience, I am a little more likely to believe that simple attention to incorporating something into your diet and routine can have a really wonderful impact on your health.
So, before I pasted in the text about cinnamon and honey that my mom sent me, I wanted to do a little research and see what I could find about cinnamon and honey and their medicinal value. I will go ahead and paste the email text in now, and at the bottom you can find some sources I found that are related to or support the claims made. I also want to say that I don't know who wrote this email, and I haven't tried any of the treatments myself, it is just something I found interesting and curious and thought I would share.
Cinnamon and Honey
Honey is the only food on the planet that will not spoil or rot. It will do what some call turning to sugar. In reality, honey is always honey. However, when left in a cool dark place for a long time it will do what I rather call "crystallizing". When this happens, loosen the lid, boil some water, and sit the honey container in the hot water, turn off the heat and let it liquefy. It is then as good as it ever was. Never boil honey or put it in a microwave. To do so will kill the enzymes in the honey.
Facts on Honey and Cinnamon:
It is found that a mixture of honey and cinnamon cures most diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today also accept honey as a 'Ram Ban' (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases.
Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients. Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada , in its issue dated 17 January, 1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon as researched by western scientists:
HEART DISEASES:
Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also, those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat. In America and Canada , various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as you age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins.
ARTHRITIS:
Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research conducted at the
Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon honey and half teaspoon cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week, out of the 200 people so treated, practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain, and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.
BLADDER INFECTIONS:
Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.
CHOLESTEROL:
Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours. As mentioned for arthritic
patients, if taken three times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured. According to information received in the said Journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.
COLDS:
Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold, and clear the sinuses.
UPSET STOMACH:
Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.
GAS:
According to the studies done in India and Japan , it is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved 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 bacterial and viral diseases.
INDIGESTION:
Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.
INFLUENZA:
A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ' Ingredient' which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.
LONGEVITY:
Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the ravages of old age. Take four spoons of honey, one spoon of cinnamon powder, and three cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, three to four times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also increase and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.
PIMPLES:
Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root..
SKIN INFECTIONS:
Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm, and all types of skin infections.
WEIGHT LOSS:
Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast on an empty stomach, and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup of water. If taken regularly, it reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also, drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.
CANCER:
Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month three times a day.
FATIGUE:
Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton, who has done research, says that a half tablespoon of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3:00 P.M.. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week.
BAD BREATH:
People of South America , first thing in the morning, gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water, so their breath stays fresh throughout the day.
HEARING LOSS:
Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder, taken in equal parts restores hearing.
Now for my research findings, though let me say that I didn't really read through all of them terribly closely or check them out too stringently. I just wanted to see what was out there.
- Cinnamon medicinal value, wikipedia
- Honey in medicine, wikipedia
- Cinnamon against mosquitos
- Cinnamon and diabetes
- Book about medical benefits of spices and seasonings
- Honey as topical antibacterial agent for wounds
- Honey as treatment for infections
- Honey as treatment for cough
- Honey as aid for burn treatment
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