’Yan Adam suna jin daɗin kirfa na dubban shekaru, tun kusan 2000 BC. Masarawa sun yi amfani da shi a matsayin sinadari wajen gyaran jiki, kuma an ambaci kirfa a cikin Tsohon Alkawali. Wasu shaidu sun tabbatar da cewa kirfa tana nan a duk duniya ta da, kuma an kawo ta Turai, inda ba ta ƙara samun farin jini ba, daga ƴan kasuwa Larabawa. Tarihi ya nuna cewa Sarkin Roma Nero ya kona duk kayan kirfa da yake da shi a wurin jana’izar matarsa ta biyu, Poppea Sabina, domin ya yi kafara don sa hannu a mutuwarta.
Larabawa na safarar kayan yaji ta hanyoyi masu sarkakiya, wanda ya sanya shi tsada kuma yana da iyaka. Don haka, kasancewar kirfa a cikin gidan zai iya zama alamar matsayi a Turai a tsakiyar zamanai. Bayan wani lokaci, tsaka-tsakin jama'a sun fara ƙoƙari don samun kayan alatu waɗanda sau ɗaya kawai ake samun su a saman stratum. Cinnamon abinci ne mai kyawawa musamman saboda ana amfani da shi azaman kayan adana nama. Duk da kasancewarsa, asalin kirfa babban sirri ne a tsakanin 'yan kasuwan Larabawa har zuwa farkon karni na XNUMX. Domin su ci gaba da cin gashin kan su na cinikin kirfa da kuma tabbatar da farashinsa da bai dace ba, ’yan kasuwar Larabawa sun saka wa abokan cinikinsu labarai kala-kala game da yadda suke fitar da kayan marmari. Daya daga cikin irin wadannan tatsuniyoyi shi ne labarin yadda tsuntsaye ke daukar sandunan kirfa a bakinsu zuwa gidajen da ke saman tsaunuka, hanyar da ke da wuyar shawo kanta. Bisa ga wannan tatsuniya, mutane sun bar guntuwar hular a gaban gidajen, don haka tsuntsaye suka fara tattara su. Lokacin da tsuntsaye suka ja dukan naman cikin gida, sai ya yi nauyi ya faɗi ƙasa. Wannan ya ba da damar tattara sandunan kayan yaji.
A ƙoƙarin biyan buƙatun da ake samu, matafiya na Turai sun fara neman wuri mai ban mamaki inda kayan yaji ke tsiro. Christopher Columbus ya rubuta wa Sarauniya Isabella yana da'awar cewa ta sami rhubarb da kirfa a cikin Sabuwar Duniya. Duk da haka, samfurori na shukar da ya aika an gano cewa kayan yaji ne da ba a so. Gonzalo Pizarro, wani ma’aikacin jirgin ruwa na Sipaniya, shi ma ya nemi kirfa a duk faɗin Amurka, ya tsallaka Amazon da begen samun “pais de la canela,” ko kuma “ƙasar kirfa.”
A kusa da 1518, 'yan kasuwa na Portuguese sun gano kirfa a Ceylon (Sri Lanka a yau) kuma suka ci mulkin tsibirin Kotto, suna bautar da yawan jama'a da sarrafa cinikin kirfa na karni guda. Bayan wannan lokaci, Masarautar Ceylon Kandy ta haɗu da turawan Holland a shekara ta 1638 don kifar da 'yan mamaya na Portugal. Kimanin shekaru 150 bayan haka Turawan Ingila sun kama Ceylon bayan nasarar da suka samu a yakin Anglo-Netch na hudu. A shekara ta 1800, kirfa ba ta kasance wani abu mai tsada da tsada ba, yayin da aka fara noma shi a wasu sassan duniya, tare da irin wannan "delicacies" kamar cakulan, cassia. Na karshen yana da kamshi mai kama da kirfa, shi ya sa ya fara yin gogayya da shi don shahara.
A yau, muna fuskantar nau'ikan kirfa iri biyu: kuma Cassia yana tsiro ne a Indonesiya kuma yana da ƙamshi mai ƙarfi. Bambancinsa mai arha shine abin da ake siyarwa a manyan kantuna don yayyafa kayan gasa. Mafi tsada, kirfa na Ceylon (yawancin wanda har yanzu ana girma a Sri Lanka) yana da ɗanɗano mai laushi, ɗanɗano mai daɗi kuma ya dace da ƙara kayan gasa da abubuwan sha mai zafi (kofi, shayi, cakulan zafi, da sauransu).
Ana amfani da kirfa sosai a cikin magungunan gargajiya kamar Ayurveda da likitancin kasar Sin. Its antimicrobial Properties taimaka a cikin yaki da. A hade tare da zuma, yana sa fata ta yi laushi da annuri.
Kayan yaji mai daraja. Tare da zawo, ana bada shawarar 12 tsp. kirfa gauraye da yoghurt bayyananne.
Wani bincike da aka buga a cikin Kula da Ciwon sukari a watan Disamba na 2003 ya nuna cewa shan gram 1 na kirfa a kowace rana yana rage sukarin jini, triglycerides, cholesterol mara kyau da jimlar cholesterol a cikin masu ciwon sukari na 2. nasiha Dr. Shiha Sharma, masanin abinci mai gina jiki a Nutrihealth.