Magellan’s Voyage Around The World

How to sustainably harvest Philippine cinnamon bark and leaves. Technique #2 (source: DOST-FPRDI): If you really have to, please properly strip off your mature Philippine cinnamon tree. Otherwise, please leave it alone as mother tree. You may use the small stems and leaves instead. We need as many Philippine cinnamon mother trees! We have shared…

Pure Philippine cinnamon is grown by small farmers in Negros Occidental who are partners of Plantsville Health. The farmers did not use synthetic fertilizers and pesticides (organic). The bark is good to boil for tea and to drink hot or cold to relieve diarrhea and stomach aches (indigestion, flatulence, menstrual cramps, stress, etc.). Studies found…

Too much heat? CTTO for left photo. Cover the concrete, asphalt, steel in your home with trees, leaves, wood, soil to cool your home! These natural materials hold water, which condenses, thus creating a microclimate (different climate in small area versus surrounding area). Philippine cinnamon can be continuously pruned to make it bushy in a…

We still remember in 2017 when we first met and told the farmers that kaningag IS Philippine cinnamon, and that it is a valuable tree for the forest and all that lives on it, and as food and medicine. They were amazed because many farmers were using the kaningag for charcoal then. They don’t have…

What natural relief can you do at home when you have diarrhea? Turmeric, Philippine cinnamon, and honey all have natural antibacterial, antimicrobial, and antiviral properties, plus tea can replace lost fluids. How to make the tea: Boil 1 liter of water, drop sliced thumb-sized turmeric and 2 pieces of Philippine cinnamon bark, and simmer for…