Also known as, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Cinnamomum verum, Cassia Cinnamon, True Cinnamon, Indonesian Cinnamon, Vietnamese Cinnamon, and Sweet Cinnamon.

One of the world's most familiar spices is an up and coming treatment for diabetes, weight control, and hypoglycemia. That modern medicine would finally be finding applications for cinnamon isn't surprising. Cinnamon has been used as a herbal medicine in China for at least 4,000 years. Traditional Chinese Medicine still uses cinnamon as a "warming" agent to fight infections occurring when there is cold or fatigue and to increase the activity of the digestive tract.