warm, cozy, and treasured, cinnamon essential oil has so many wonderful uses. And today, we'll talk a little bit more about why you should be using it every day. Welcome back to Essential Oil Solutions with Dutera, the podcast where you'll hear exciting,

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Today we're excited to talk to Dr. Scott Johnson,

director of product management and author of multiple books and hundreds of articles about health,

wellness, and essential oils, all about cinnamon essential oil. Then we'll take a look at the

history of white grapefruit.

Scott, thank you so much for being here with us today.

You bet. I'm glad to be here again.

We are always excited to talk to you. So my first question is, how was cinnamon bark used

throughout history? Where did its uses come from?

Yeah, well, cinnamon is considered one of the first spices

traded in the ancient world. And it's mentioned in the Bible even multiple times. So we have a long

history of its use. Of course, it was used in foods and dishes because of its desirable flavor,

but it was also used for ritual and wellness

reasons as well. It has been used as a meat preservative, a perfume, and even as a component

of love potions. Chinese writings dating back to about 2,800 BC recommended using cinnamon for wellness support.

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