Ceylanicum (Cinnamon)

Introduction: Cancer where pain and fetor are present. Best when skin is intact. Its use in haemorrhages has abundant clinical verification. Nosebleed. Haemorrhages from bowels, haemoptysis, etc. A strain in loins or false step brings on a profuse flow of bright blood. Post- partum haemorrhage. Flatulency and diarrhoea. Feeble patients with languid circulation.

Scientific name: Cinnamomum zeylanicum

Synonyms: Cinnamomum verum; Canella zeylanica; Cinnamomum; Cinnamon; Hindi: Dalchini, Kalmi-Dalchini; English: Cinnamon; French: Canelle; German: Zimmt.

Source: The main source of Cinnamomum ceylanicum is vegetable kingdom. It is called true cinnamon or Ceylon cinnamon tree is a small evergreen tree belonging to the family , native to Sri Lanka. Among other species, its inner bark is used to make cinnamon. The old botanical synonym for the tree—Cinnamomum zeylanicum—is derived from Sri Lanka's former name, Ceylon. Sri Lanka still produces 80–90% of the world's supply of Cinnamomum verum, which is also cultivated on a commercial scale in the Seychelles and Madagascar. It is an evergreen tree, 10–15 metres (30–50 feet) high with erect trunk, 30 to 45 cm in diameter, smooth, ash-colored bark and numerous wide-spreading, declining branches. opposite, petiolate, bright green above, pale green. Panicles as long as or not much longer than leaves, sometimes terminal; grey-silky; dark purple, elongate, ellipsoid up to 2.5 cm long, supported by much enlarged perianth.

Macroscopically bark occurs in long, slender, flexible sticks about 1 m in length and 6 mm in width, each consisting of numerous channeled pieces or single quills about 1 to 2 cm wide. Outer surface dull yellowish-brown, marked with pale wavy longitudinal lines and with occasional small scars or holes; inner surface darker in colour, striated with elongated reticulation. Bark is about 0.5 mm thick; brittle, fracture splintery; free from all but traces of cork.

Microscopically outermost layer of bark consists of continuous band 3 to 4 cells wide of pericyclic lignified sclerenchyma, on the outer margin of which small groups of 6 to 15 pericyclic fibres occur at intervals, pitted sclereids often more thickened in the inner walls and other three, contain few starch grains. Sieve tubes arranged in tangential bands, completely collapsed in outer layers; sieve plates on transverse walls. Phloem fibers occurs singly or in short tangential rows of 2 to 5, lignified, colorless, slender, 12 to 22 to 35 μ wide and 200 to 500 to 650 μ long. Parenchyma consists of sub-rectangular cells, containing starch grains, 5 to 10 μ in diameter. Some cells containing scattered minute needles of calcium oxalate. Medullary rays usually 2-seriate, widening slightly towards pericycle; many cells contain minute needles of calcium oxalate and starch grains.

Parts Used: The inner Bark.

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Composition:

Tincture θ. Drug Strength 1/10

Active ingredient: Cinnamon bark, in coarse powder = 100 gm.

Excipient: Strong Alcohol = 1000 cc.

To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.

Prover Name: Dr. E. Darwin Jones, of Albany, N. Y., MSS reported in Allen's Encyclopaedia.

Spheres of action & Pathogenesis: Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Cinnamon affects the non-striated muscles of the vascular system, resulting in haemorrhages. It is only useful as a homoeopathic remedy for uterine haemorrhage, when the latter is very profuse and of a bright-red color. Old-school authorities regard Cinnamon as a general stimulant to the vascular and nervous systems, and consider that it promotes the assimilative functions. As Cinnamon increases labor pains and checks profuse haemorrhage, it is sometimes used instead of ergot for such purposes.

Clinical: Ascites. Caries. Constipation. Diarrhoea. Haemorrhages. Headache. Hysteria. Leucorrhoea. Menorrhagia. Metrorrhagia.

Guiding Symptoms:

1. A leading feature of Cinnamon is haemorrhage. The haemorrhage is bright red and clear and < by any physical exertion. 2. Cinnam. also causes gastric disturbance and hysterical attacks; pains in bones and in muscles, and great weakness as after loss of fluids. 3. Hysterical attacks, going off with eructations; with nausea or vomiting. 4. It has been used in large doses by the old school in cases of uterine cancer, and some success has been claimed for it. 5. Dr. E. Darwin Jones reported, in Allen's Encyclopaedia, an interesting case of a child where haemorrhages of clear bright blood occurred from the bowels, with epistaxis, from sipping Cinnamon tea.

Particulars:

Stomach: Nausea while riding, with gagging and vomiting of mucus.

Stool and Anus: Diarrhoea < after drinking, with acidity.-Long-continued constipation; stool in hard balls. Haemorrhage from bowels occurring esp. after any physical exertion; blood, bright red and clear.

Female Sexual Organs: Menorrhagia; in females troubled with itching at nose; blood bright red < after false step or strain; blood bright red.-Metrorrhagia. Repeated small

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haemorrhages during gestation and puerperal state; < on any exertion, lifting, straining, over-stretching arms; false step.

General Modalities:

Aggravation: While riding; from exertion; from talking; in afternoon and evening up to midnight.

Relationship:

It is antidoted by: Acon. It antidotes: Opium. Compare: Sil., Ipec. Trill.

Dose & Administration: Mother Tincture 05 or 06 drops mixed with water thrice daily. For cancer, strong decoction, one-half pint in a day. Oil of cinnamon in aqueous solution best local disinfectant. 3-4 drops in two quarts of water as a douche, wherever a germicide and disinfectant is needed. Three drops on sugar for hiccough or as directed by the Homoeopathic Physician.

Side effects: No significant side effect has been observed in proper doses.

Contraindication: There is no known contraindication.

Use in Pregnancy and breast-feeding: The safety of this medicine in pregnancy and breast- feeding has not been studied; therefore it should be used with caution during pregnancy. If necessary consult with Homoeopathic Physician.

Storage: Keep out of reach of children. Keep away from sunlight. Store in a cool and dry place.

Presentation: 30 ml, 100 ml & 450 ml in bottle.

References:

1. HOMOEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by Dr. William BOERICKE, M.D. 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki 3. Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of M. BHATTCHARYYA & CO.’S 4. A DICTIONARY OF PRACTICAL MATERIA MEDICA by Dr. John Henry CLARKE, M.D. 5. Encyclopedia of Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia by Dr. P.N. Varma & Dr. Indu Vaid. 6. Infallible Mother Tincture and Indian drugs by Prof. Dr. A. K. Chaklader. 7. A Text-Book of Materia Medica (Characteristic, Analytical, and Comparative.) by Pr. Allen Corson Cowperthwaite, M. D., PH. D., LL. D.

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