Cinnamon Cassia (C.cassia) China 5ml

5ml Pure Cinnamon Cassia (C.cassia) China, therapeutic-grade essential oil, undiluted, cobalt blue glass bottle, orafice reducer, tamper-resistant cap

Cassia Essential Oil has an aroma that is quite rich like Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil, but not as full. Cassia Oil is energizing, stimulating, and warming. It will blend well with many other essential oils in the spice, wood, mint, and citrus families.

Topically, Cassia Oil should be used with extreme caution. Refer to the safety information below.

COLOR

Golden Yellow/Brown

BOTANICAL NAME

Cinnamomum cassia

STRENGTH OF INITIAL AROMA

Strong/Sharp

PERFUMERY NOTE

Middle

AROMATIC DESCRIPTION

Cinnamon Essential Oil is woodsy, earthy, spicy, and sweet.

CASSIA OIL USES

Fragrancing, indigestion, gas, colic, diarrhea, rheumatism, cold/flu. 

[Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 112.]

SAFETY INFORMATION

Tisserand and Young caution that there is a high risk of skin sensitization when using Cassia Oil (the bark or leaf oil) and recommend a dermal maximum of 0.05%. They indicate that it may inhibit blood clotting and that it is contraindicated in pregnancy/breastfeeding. Avoid use with children under 2. Reading Tisserand and Young's full profile is recommended. 

[Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 235.]

GENERAL SAFETY INFORMATION

Do not take any oils internally and do not apply undiluted essential oils, absolutes, CO2s or other concentrated essences onto the skin without advanced essential oil knowledge or consultation from a qualified aromatherapy practitioner. If you are pregnant, epileptic, have liver damage, have cancer, or have any other medical problem, use oils only under the proper guidance of a qualified aromatherapy practitioner. Use extreme caution when using oils with children. It is safest to consult a qualified aromatherapy practitioner before using oils with children. For in-depth information on oil safety issues, read Essential Oil Safety by Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young.