The difference between cinnamon tea and cinnamon lies in the different sources, different methods of consumption, different functions, etc., such as the former belongs to the tea, the latter comes from the bark of cinnamon. The former brewed to drink, the latter can be boiled to take.
1. Different sources: cinnamon tea is a natural tea, processed through the collection of fresh tea leaves, belongs to a kind of oolong tea, mostly found in Fujian Wuyi Mountain area, because of its strong cinnamon aroma and its name. Cinnamon, as a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, comes from the dried bark or rough bark of the tree plant Cinnamomum cassia, which is a kind of bark.
2. Different methods of consumption: Cinnamon tea is usually brewed and consumed in the same way as ordinary tea. While cinnamon is both a traditional Chinese medicine and an ingredient, as a Chinese medicine is often put in a casserole to take, and secondly, as an ingredient, often used as an ingredient in stews, to play the role of aroma and flavor.
3. Different functions: cinnamon as a medicinal herb with warming and dispersing cold (to warm the spleen and stomach medicine to dispel the cold), blood circulation and menstruation, qi pain, tonic fire to help Yang and other efficacy, for the treatment of a variety of cold illnesses, etc., but the cinnamon tea as a kind of tea, there is a certain amount of refreshing, educational and anti-inflammatory effects of consumption.