Botanical name: Cinnamomm zeylanicum
Other names: Ceylon Cinnamom
Family: Lauracea
Part used: skin & bark
Taste (rasa): pungent (katuk), sweet (madhur), bitter (tikta)
Characteristic (guna): dry (ruksha), light (lahu), penetrating (tikshna)
Energy (veerya): heating (ushna)
Post digestive effect (vipak): pungent (katuk)
Dosha effect: Decreases vatta, kapha. Increases pitta.
Action (karma): Appetizer, destroys toxins, cardiotonic, calmative, aromatic, digestive, expectorant, increases sperm, diaphortic, antispasmodic.
Dose: Up to 9 grams a day.
Contraindications: Caution during pregnancy and high pitta.