Healing and hypnotherapy Volume 4, Special Mega Annual Issue , 15 June 2020 | Page 73

4. To induce sleep, apply padte of jaiphal in ‘Ghee’ over forehead or soles of feet. CAUTION : It is to be used carefully in oral intake, it may cause palpitation, convulsion, disorientation, giddiness, nausea and vomiting. In pregnancy also use it in very less quantity. CINNAMON / DALCHINI LATIN NAME : Cinnamomum zelyanicum. QUALITIES :. TASTE : Pungent, sweet. POTENCY : Hot Has a strong , dry & piercing properties It balances out Kapha & Vata. MEDICINAL USES : 1. Like other spices, Cinnamon also relieves anorexia, improve taste buds & relieves bloating problem. 2. It stimulates liver & also has antibiotic properties, hence can be used in typhoid fever. 3. Used in rhinitis, headache, sore throat and bad breath problem. 4. It digest ama , hence used in rheumatoid conditions. 5. It is useful in amenorrhoea, delayed periods condition due to its uterine constriction property . HOME REMEDIES : 1. In headache due to ‘Rhinitis’, apply paste of ‘Dalchini' on forehead.