1. Effects of cinnamon

According to Dr Nguyen Quang Duong - Department of General Internal Medicine, Tue Tinh Hospital, cinnamon is a source of minerals such as potassium, calcium, iron, manganese, zinc and magnesium. Cinnamon contains vitamin A, pantothenic acid and pyridoxine, fiber and antioxidants.

Cinnamon helps relieve indigestion, bloating and nausea. The amount of fiber in cinnamon can help people with irritable bowel syndrome. In recent years, scientists have been interested in the useful value of cinnamon in treating metabolic syndrome...

According to traditional medicine, cinnamon has a slightly sweet and spicy taste, warm properties, and penetrates the liver and kidney meridians. The important medicinal herbs from cinnamon are cinnamon, cinnamon and cinnamon.

Cinnamon has a spicy and sweet taste, heat properties, and has the effect of nourishing the fire element, eliminating cold, warming the spleen, regulating blood circulation, and warming the blood. They are used to restore yang in cases of kidney yang deficiency, cold limbs, and cramps. Eliminates cold and spasms, clears the meridians: Used for people with severe abdominal pain due to cold, diarrhea, and vomiting.

Cinnamon warms the kidney and water element: Used for cases of weak yang energy, edema, difficulty urinating, especially severe edema of the feet.

2. Medicinal dishes with cinnamon

Below are 6 easy-to-make medicinal dishes with cinnamon:

2.1. Cinnamon ground porridge: 3g ground cinnamon (fine powder), 10g ground mulberry, 60 - 80g plain rice. Rice, mulberry, and cinnamon are cooked into thin porridge. Add a little chives and a little salt when the porridge is added. Good for people with diabetes, diuresis, and prostate fibroids.

2.2. Cinnamon and red bean porridge: 10g cinnamon powder, 30g small red beans, 60 - 80g plain rice, cook porridge. Suitable for men with prostate fibroids. Eat once a day, and use for 10 days.

2.3. Cinnamon and porridge: 30g of porridge, 10g of cinnamon, 50 - 80g of plain rice. Take decoction of medicinal herbs, cook with rice to make porridge, and feed in the morning and evening when hungry. Good for people with hypothyroidism.

2.4. Cinnamon and chive porridge: 2g of cinnamon (crushed), 10g of chives, 60g of plain rice to cook porridge. When eating, add sugar. Cook once a day, divided into breakfast and dinner. Eat while the porridge is still warm. The usage period is 5 - 7 days. Used for women who have stopped menstruating due to rheumatism, painful menstrual periods, and physical weakness.

2.5. Braised beef with liquorice and cinnamon: 500g beef, 10g licorice, 12g cinnamon, 1 cardamom. Cut beef into thin slices and put in a pot of boiling water, add salt, anise spices, ginger slices and cinnamon, a little sugar and a little salad oil, and add beef broth. Boil over low heat for 4-6 hours until the water dries up. Remove from heat, remove residue, and eat at meals. Good for people with weakness and malnutrition-causing oedema.

2.6. Steamed chicken liver with cinnamon: 1 piece of chicken liver, sliced, 1g of cinnamon powder (sprinkle mixed into the chicken liver), steam until cooked, and add a little seasoning sauce. Good for children with diuresis and enuresis.

Warning: Do not use for people with yin deficiency and fire, people with lesions in the throat, bleeding, or pregnant women. Do not use cinnamon with red jelly and onions.

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