“The main medicinal effects are: promoting mobility, antibacterial, fungistatic, lipid and blood sugar lowering. Applications for loss of appetite, indigestion, flatulence…”(„Zimtkassie“, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimtkassie, 14.11.2016). Cassia cinnamon can also be found in many traditional Asian herbal formulas for diabetes and rheumatism and cholesterol lowering applications.

There are rumours that cassia cinnamon would be harmful to health due to the high content of coumarin and is even graded as inferior – No need to worry! Health risks are only to be expected with excessive consumption of cassia cinnamon over a long period of time. With normal consumption , neither in the thousands of years of experience in the art of healing nor in current studies, no harmful effects of cassia cinnamon have been proven.

According to the BfR (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), an adult with a body weight of 60 kg can ingest up to 2 g of cassia cinnamon (corresponds to 0.1 mg of coumarin per kg of body weight and day) a day without any health risk being expected. This also applies to particularly sensitive consumers.

“Animal experiments lead to the suspicion that coumarin is carcinogenic in very high quantities. Several studies on human cell lines, on the other hand, do not indicate such effects in the human organism.” („Cumarin“, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumarin, 17.08.2017). “However, there is no clear evidence for the alleged danger of coumarin in the normal use of spices containing coumarin.”(„Cumarin“, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumarin, 17.08.2017).

The recommendation to use Ceylon cinnamon for cinnamon insoles is also unfounded. This type of cinnamon, with its mild properties, is ideal for consumption, e.g. as a spice. For external applications, however, cassia cinnamon has the optimal effect due to its high intensity and has therefore been used in medicine for thousands of years. The two types are as different in use as tea tree oil (for the skin) and olive oil (for salad).