Cassia Essential Oil

Scientific Name: Cinnamomum cassia

Country of Origin: China

Distillation Method: Steam Distilled

Plant Part: Twigs, Leaves, Bark

Perfume Note: Middle - Top

Cassia is one of the principal spices of the holy anointing oil and an article of commerce. It is also is a form of cinnamon but is different than cinnamon leaf or bark. Cassia could be best described as a "hot cinnamon". Use caution using this oil as it can burn the skin and mucous membranes.

Blending Suggestions:  Benzoin, Clove Bud, Coriander, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Hyssop, Frankincense, Myrrh, Ginger, Grapefruit, Lavender, Rosemary and Thyme.

Suggested Oil Uses & Properties for External Applications:

Anointing Oil, Perfume

Anti-Fungal, Immunostimulant, Warming

 Safety: 

Hazards: May contain methyleugenol ; drug interaction; may inhibit blood clotting; embryotoxicity; skin sensitization (high risk); mucous membrane irritation (low risk).*

Contraindications (all routes): Pregnancy, breastfeeding. Cautions (oral): Diabetes medication, anticoagulant medication, major surgery, peptic ulcer, hemophilia, other bleeding disorders.

Cautions (dermal): Hypersensitive, diseased or damaged skin, children under 2 years of age.

Maximum Dermal Use: 0.05%  (use at a very low dose)

Tisserand, Robert; Young, Rodney. Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health Care Professionals (p. 1022). Elsevier Health Sciences. Kindle Edition. 

Storage:  Store in a dark colored bottle out of direct sunlight.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Cassia

Hebrew kiddah' , i.e., "split." One of the principal spices of the holy anointing oil (Exodus 30:24), and an article of commerce (Ezekiel 27:19). It is the inner bark of a tree resembling the cinnamon (q.v.), the Cinnamomum cassia of botanists, and was probably imported from India.

Hebrew pl. ketzi'oth (Psalms 45:8). Mentioned in connection with myrrh and aloes as being used to scent garments. It was probably prepared from the peeled bark, as the Hebrew word suggests, of some kind of cinnamon.

These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

Cassia - The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon

Strong's Number: 06916

Original Word: hddq

Word Origin: from (06915)

Transliterated Word: Qiddah

Definition: a spice - cassia

Strong's Number: 06915

Original Word: ddq

Word Origin: a primitive root

Transliterated Word: Qadad

Definition: (Qal) to bow down

Strong's Number: 07102

Original Word: h(ycq

Word Origin: from (07106)

Transliterated Word: Q@tsiy`ah

Definition: cassia a spice; a powdered bark like cinnamon.

Strong's Number: 07106

Word Origin: a primitive root

Transliterated Word: Qatsa`

Definition: to scrape, scrape off, cut off; (Hiphil) to scrape to be cornered, be set in corners (Hophal) to cut off places, make corners.

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Scripture References

King James Version (Authorized)

Exodus 30:24, Psalms 45:8, Ezekiel 27:19

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