Hyssop and cinnamon

No trial has tested hyssop and cinnamon taken together as dietary supplements. The two show up in the same searches mostly for a different reason — as essential oils blended with frankincense and myrrh in "anointing oil" recipes tied to hyssop's biblical association — which is a topical and aromatic product category, not a supplement combination this page covers.

Why they show up together in search

Hyssop, frankincense, myrrh and cinnamon essential oils are commonly blended in products marketed around the biblical "anointing oil" tradition, tied to hyssop's traditional association with ritual purification. This page doesn't provide a blend recipe or ratios, and it doesn't cover taking any essential oil, hyssop or cinnamon, internally — each carries its own separate safety picture for topical or aromatic use that a blend recipe doesn't change. See hyssop essential oil on skin for what has and hasn't been tested for hyssop oil specifically.

As oral supplements, no research has combined them

Hyssop's human evidence is a single trial — a 12 g/day extract syrup, in adults with asthma, over 4 weeks, described on hyssop: what the research does and doesn't show. Cinnamon's research is a separate, larger body of work, covered on its own cinnamon: what the research does and doesn't show. No trial has tested giving the two together, so there's no combined-effect finding to report, positive or negative.

Whether the Bible's "hyssop" is this plant is disputed

Whether the plant referenced in biblical passages on ritual purification was actually Hyssopus officinalis — the plant behind the research and safety information on this site — is genuinely disputed among botanists; some point to caper or marjoram instead. That historical question is separate from anything in the research above, and it doesn't change what is or isn't been tested for the plant sold today as hyssop.

If you're combining supplements generally

Hyssop and cinnamon each have their own separate label of cautions worth checking on their own pages — who should not take hyssop and cinnamon's own dosage and safety guides — rather than assuming a combination changes either one's picture. Taking two supplements together isn't tested by taking each one apart, and nothing here substitutes for checking both individually.

Questions people ask

Can you take hyssop and cinnamon together?

No research has tested the combination specifically. Nothing in either ingredient's own safety research names the other as a documented interaction, but that reflects an absence of data, not a tested "safe together" finding.

What is hyssop, frankincense, myrrh and cinnamon oil used for?

It's a topical and aromatic essential-oil blend marketed around hyssop's traditional and biblical association with purification — a historical and commercial topic, not a tested health effect. This page doesn't cover blend ratios or recipes, and hyssop essential oil in particular isn't meant to be taken internally; see hyssop essential oil on skin.

Related reading: hyssop: what the research does and doesn't show, hyssop essential oil on skin, and cinnamon: what the research does and doesn't show.