Re: Cinammon and Honey Cures

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Thank you for posting this for everyone. I will have to print this email out.

I'm not sure I could drink warm water with honey and cinnamon but worth a try.

Cheli

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From: " OKD " <Cofade_2000@...>

Date: Wed, Mar 30, 2011 8:50 am

Subject: [ ] Cinammon and Honey Cures

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Gee, I've consumed cinnamon and honey for years. I have some every day in a

fresh fruit smoothie for breakfast and later in the day on a chopped fresh fruit

mixture. Not because I'm trying to cure anything with it, but simply because I

enjoy the taste. I use raw honey and organic " Saigon " cinnamon.

According to this post, I should be among the healthiest persons on the planet.

So why did I suddenly get RA a few months ago???

I hate to rain on the " positivity, " but I suspect these " cures " are mostly old

wives' tales. In fact, this article suggests cinnamon is not a healthful food:

http://www.raw-food-health.net/Raw-Cinnamon.html

Jan

On Mar 30, 2011, at 9:50 AM, OKD wrote:

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Jan:

Did you consume the honey and cinammon in the quantitites described? A few

sprinkles on fruit is a far cry from 1tsp of cinammon and 2 tsp of honey as

well, but whatever.

PS - Old " wives-tales " more often than not, are not always tales, they are the

basis for many cures of different ailments, today I guess you would call it

alternative medicine - L0L:))

Also, well, one man's treasure is another's junk and vice-versa. I too have RA,

but these remedies DO work for my asthma, colds and I am trying it for the RA to

see what happens.

Anything that keeps this monster at bay is cool with me..,.

OKD

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Hi OKD -

Thanks for the info!! You are absolutely right, we can use the positivity!!!

Here's something interesting - I started eating " drunken " raisins. They are

organic golden raisins soaked in gin with cinnamon and honey. Guess what?? It

has helped me to some extent, and I know this because it is the only change I

made in 2 months! No, it's not a cure, but anything that helps someone is

definitely worth it!

I am starting to believe in these old wives tales I tell ya!!

Donna, Colorado

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I'm onboard with the gin part

Kate f

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> Here's something interesting - I started eating " drunken " raisins. They are

organic golden raisins soaked in gin with cinnamon and honey. Guess what?? It

has helped me to some extent, and I know this because it is the only change I

made in 2 months! No, it's not a cure, but anything that helps someone is

definitely worth it!

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I don't like gin at all. Does it taste like gin? I watched Dr. Oz and he

suggested it.

Cheli

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From: " Donna " <koala2u@...>

Date: Wed, Mar 30, 2011 8:38 pm

Subject: [ ] Re: Cinammon and Honey Cures

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I made some with just gin, and oh yeah they were pretty strong. My Aunt sent me

some with honey and cinnamon, and they only had a very mild gin taste because of

the honey and cinnamon!

Donna, Colorado

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My boss and I tried the raisin and gin thing several years back, he was in his

80's and I was late 40's. We came to the conclusion that we should have gotten a

bottle of tonic water and some limes. ) Of course, we had been known to knock

back a few brews together after work, he was a WWII glider pilot and could tell

some stories! that being said, however, whatever works to relieve your pain, I

say go for it! I take cinnamon pills for lowering my blood sugar. Like my son in

law says, if nothing else, you have very nice smelling burps.

Blessings to all the RA family from

Jane in Dallas

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I read up on the Drunkin Raisins online and they are expensive to buy but

decided I will try to make some on my own and am willing to try

them..........seems like I heard about them awhile back on Dr. Oz too and don't

know why I never tried them before...........I will report back

Pat in Southern Oregon

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Sent: Thu, March 31, 2011 7:28:30 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: Cinammon and Honey Cures

My boss and I tried the raisin and gin thing several years back, he was in his

80's and I was late 40's. We came to the conclusion that we should have gotten a

bottle of tonic water and some limes. ) Of course, we had been known to knock

back a few brews together after work, he was a WWII glider pilot and could tell

some stories! that being said, however, whatever works to relieve your pain, I

say go for it! I take cinnamon pills for lowering my blood sugar. Like my son in

law says, if nothing else, you have very nice smelling burps.

Blessings to all the RA family from

Jane in Dallas

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Awesome I heard about the drunken raisins too, now i am motivated to try them

too.

Funny, when I was a child I had chicken pox. In my family they soaked raisins

in warm milk and gave them to us, it supposedly brought all all the pox at one

time instead of them slowly coming out.

Where there is smoke, there is fire, so we may be onto something, something in

the chemical makeup of the grape/raisin in a tincture (gin) and cured with honey

and cinammon, anti-inflammatory properties, and then there would be a difference

when combined with the milk. I wonder if the " fat " fo the milk activates

something too?.

Oh well, probably putting too much thought into it, I'll be 'NIKE' and just do

it - L0L:))

OKD

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OKD, since I wasn't taking cinnamon and honey for any particular ailments, I

have never measured the quantity. But I can tell you that a while ago, I was

putting cinnamon on almost everything I ate every day - including oatmeal,

toast, grapefruit, bananas, and a honey/cinnamon dip for carrots and celery;

even put it in coffee. So I would guess I came close to a tsp of cinnamon and 2

tsp of honey daily.

It wasn't until recently, when I came across the article I cited to you in my

post about the unhealthful aspect of cinnamon, that I cut back the amount I used

to just my breakfast fruit smoothie and evening fruit mixture.

Actually in looking at the list of ailments cured by cinnamon/honey, the only

one I have is arthritis. So maybe it does work after all. LOL.

FWIW, Snopes has an article on cinnamon/honey cures. Here's an excerpt with a

link to the full article:

" Origins: This item extolling the medicinal virtues of honey and cinnamon is

based upon a 17 January 1995 article that appeared in the Weekly World News, the

erstwhile supermarket tabloid known for publishing the fantastically fictional

(it has since transitioned to an online medium), so as a piece of medical

literature it should be taken with many grains of salt.

That said, we note that honey and cinnamon (individually and together) have long

been touted in folklore and traditional medicine as possessing significant

nutritional and health benefits, but how much those supposed benefits have been

borne out by modern scientific studies varies quite widely. "

http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/honey.asp

Jan

On Mar 30, 2011, at 4:28 PM, OKD wrote:

> Jan:

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> Did you consume the honey and cinammon in the quantitites described? A few

sprinkles on fruit is a far cry from 1tsp of cinammon and 2 tsp of honey as

well, but whatever.

[Guest guest]

Cinnamon  is commonly used for high blood sugar as well.  I've been taking

cinnamon caps for about 2 years.

Amy

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From: OKD <Cofade_2000@...>

Sent: Wed, March 30, 2011 9:50:13 AM

Subject: [ ] Cinammon and Honey Cures

 

Hi Group:

A little positivity:

OKD

Subject: cinnamon and honey cure

Honey is the only food on the planet that will not spoil or rot. It will do what

some call turning to sugar. In reality honey is always honey.. However, when

left in a cool dark place for a long time it will do what I rather call

" crystallizing " . When this happens I loosen the lid, boil some water, and sit

the honey container in the hot water, turn off the heat and let it liquefy. It

is then as good as it ever was. Never boil honey or put it in a microwave. To do

so will kill the enzymes in the honey.

Cinnamon and Honey

Bet the drug companies won't like this one getting around. Facts on Honey and

Cinnamon: It is found that a mixture of honey and Cinnamon cures most diseases.

Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today

also accept honey as a 'Ram Ban' (very effective) medicine for all kinds of

diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases.

Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right

dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients. Weekly World News, a

magazine in Canada , in its issue dated 17 January,1995 has given the following

list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon as researched by

western scientists:

HEART DISEASES:

Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and

jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the

arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also, those who have already

had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the

next attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and

strengthens the heart beat. In America and Canada , various nursing homes have

treated patients successfully and have found that as you age, the arteries and

veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the

arteries and veins.

ARTHRITIS:

Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with

two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken

regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research conducted at

the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their

patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon

powder before breakfast, they found that within a week, out of the 200 people so

treated, practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain, and within a

month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of

arthritis started walking without pain.

BLADDER INFECTIONS:

Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of

lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.

CHOLESTEROL:

Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16

ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the

level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours. As mentioned

for arthritic patients, if taken three times a day, any chronic cholesterol is

cured. According to information received in the said Journal, pure honey taken

with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.

COLDS:

Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm

honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This process will

cure most chronic cough, cold, and clear the sinuses.

UPSET STOMACH:

Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach

ulcers from the root.

GAS:

According to the studies done in India and Japan , it is revealed that if Honey

is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

IMMUNE SYSTEM:

Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and

protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that

honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of Honey

strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacterial and viral diseases.

INDIGESTION:

Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food relieves

acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA:

A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ' Ingredient'

which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu..

LONGEVITY:

Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the

ravages of old age. Take four spoons of honey, one spoon of cinnamon powder, and

three cups of water and boil to make like tea.. Drink 1/4 cup, three to four

times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans

also increase and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a

20-year-old.

PIMPLES:

Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this

paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water.

If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.

SKIN INFECTIONS:

Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures

eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections..

WEIGHT LOSS:

Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast on an empty stomach, and at

night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup of

water. If taken regularly, it reduces the weight of even the most obese person.

Also, drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in

the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

CANCER:

Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the

stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these

kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of

cinnamon powder for one month three times a day.

FATIGUE:

Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather

than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take

honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Dr.

Milton, who has done research, says that a half tablespoon of honey taken in a

glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing

and in the afternoon at about 3:00 P.M. when the vitality of the body starts to

decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week.

BAD BREATH:

People of South America , first thing in the morning, gargle with one teaspoon

of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water, so their breath stays fresh

throughout the day.

HEARING LOSS:

Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder, taken in equal parts restores

hearing. Remember when we were kids? We had toast with real butter and cinnamon

sprinkled on it!

FROM ORIENTAL MEDICINE:

In Chinese medicine these two are in many, many formulas. In fact, most of you

who have taken the pills might not know it from the taste but they are held

together with honey.

Honey, feng mi in Chinese, has five main functions in Chinese medicine. The

first is to notify the middle jiao and relieve pain. This means that it improves

digestion, improves appetite, relieves pain (it is often given to children [not

infants] for this reason) and improves energy. Unlike sugar, the energy is

longer lasting because it is a complex chain sugar and the body takes a while to

digest it. The next function is to moisten the lungs to stop a cough. In China,

this is often used for chronic cough and is used when there is blood streaked

sputum. The next one is to lubricate the bowels to relieve constipation. It is

important that the reason this is given is because the person is too dry and

lacks fluids. It will cause problems if the reason it too much energy that is

stagnating. Honey also eliminates toxins. The toxins in this case are heat

toxins at the skin or the ingestion of poisonous substances. It is also combined

with Isatidis leaves for mouth ulcers. Lastly it is used in the preparation of

herbs. It is a good binder, improves patient compliance (due to improved flavor)

and its stickiness makes it good for making pills.

Cinnamon is also used in Chinese medicine extensively. They split it into twigs

and bark – each of which have different functions. The twigs (gui zhi) also

have

five functions: release the exterior through sweating; warms and opens the

channels; warms yang to eliminate water or phlegm stagnation; warms the yang in

the chest; and warms yang in the chong (the sea of blood) and ren (conception)

channels. As you can see it has a lot of warming functions. It is more warm than

honey but less warm than the bark. It is used to create a sweat to get rid of a

cold when you are not sweating. If you are sweating, you wouldn't want to use

this. Gui zhi warms the collaterals and main channels and relieves pain. For

those with pain who are cold to the touch and have subjective cold, this is a

good herb to make as a tea. It also acts as a guiding herb. This means that it

is used in formulas which treat pain as it helps the other pain relieving herbs

address the surface of the body where much of the stagnation is causing pain. As

you might have noticed it also warms the yang in the sea of blood and the

conception channel. For women with irregular menstruation, dysmenorhea,

amenorrhea, or other gynecological disorders where cold is a chief symptom will

be given this along with other warming and blood moving or blood building herbs

and it can be used in combination for women with blood stagnation masses in the

lower uterus.

Rou Gui – or cinnamon bark – is a very hot, sweet, and acrid herb. It

tonifies

the kidney yang and augments the ming men (life gate) fire. This is a very hot

herb and can rekindle the kidneys when they stop having the warm component. Rou

gui dispels cold, warms the spleen and relieves pain (see a theme here?). It is

used for abdominal coldness and pain with vomiting and/or diarrhea –

particularly if it is chronic. It also dispels cold, relieves pain, opens the

channels and vessels. Lastly it encourages the production of qi and blood when

used in a small quantity.

It should be noted that most Chinese doctors feel that the cinnamon that we have

here in the US is inferior coming from the cassia tree rather than a true

cinnamon. If you get a chance to bake with real cinnamon, you will be amazed at

the difference (use half or less than your recipe calls for.)

[Guest guest]

Amy, have you noticed any improvement in your BG's since you've been

taking the cinnamon?

I took some for a while, but it didn't seem to make any difference.

Since I have to take so many pills, anyway, I eliminated that one.

Sue

On Mar 31, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Amy Standley wrote:

> Cinnamon is commonly used for high blood sugar as well. I've been

> taking

> cinnamon caps for about 2 years.

[Guest guest]

This is all very interesting:

Honey and Cinammon also have importance in ayurvedic medicine as well:

http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/Ayurveda.html

OKD