11/14/2025
🌿 Aromatic Insight – Cinnamon Leaf (Cinnamomum verum/ Cinnamomum zeylanicum)
Botanical Family: Lauraceae
Extraction Method: Steam Distillation
Plant Part Used: Leaves
Cinnamon Leaf essential oil carries a warm, spicy, and slightly woody aroma that feels both comforting and energizing. While the bark oil is sweeter and sharper, the leaf oil offers a softer, earthier warmth that’s easier to blend. In aromatherapy, it’s valued for its strong antimicrobial activity, immune support, and soothing effect on muscular tension.
Traditional & Aromatherapeutic Use
Traditionally, cinnamon has been used in Ayurvedic and traditional medicine systems for circulation, digestion, and protection from seasonal illness. The leaf oil, with its primary constituent eugenol, is known to support immune resilience and ease muscular discomfort when properly diluted. In modern aromatherapy, it’s often used in blends for cold-weather wellness, air purification, and topical applications for localized tension or fatigue.
Notable Therapeutic Benefit
Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activity
Recent research confirms the strong antimicrobial potential of Cinnamomum verum leaf essential oil. A 2021 study identified high levels of eugenol, cinnamaldehyde, and linalool as key constituents responsible for its activity. The oil showed pronounced antibacterial effects against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Salmonella strains, along with notable antioxidant capacity that supports natural immune defense and skin protection.
📖 Reference: PMID: 34684884
