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Medicinal Uses Of Cloves and Clove Oil

Posted by admin on Jul 11, 2009 in General

Botanical name: Eugenia Caryophylla
Family: Myrtaceae
Hindi: Laung
English: Cloves
Telugu: Lavangalu
Tamil: Kirambu
Kannada: Lavanga

Clove is a medium sized plant grows up to a height of 10-12 meters with greenish foliage. It is native to north Moluccas, the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Later Chinese obtained and propagated and slowly it spread to other parts Europe and Mediterranean. Zanzibar is the leading country in the production of cloves. It is also grown in Brazil, India and Srilanka.

Cloves are used from time immemorial in culinary and medicinal purposes. It is popularly used as a spice to flavor the food.

Properties of cloves:

It is an antiseptic in nature.
Aromatic
Carminative and stimulant
It yields an essential oil called clove oil.
It is an expectorant.
It is anesthetic in nature hence it is used as a pain killer.

Active ingredient of cloves:

The essential oil of cloves “clove oil” contains Euginol which has got antiseptic and anesthetic properties. Combined with Zinc Oxide Euginol is used in dental operations like filling of cavities.

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Medicinal uses of cloves:

Clove oil is an antiseptic in natures and effective against and streptococcus and staphylococcus bacteria and therefore it is used in respiratory and digestive diseases.
An infusion of cloves is used in nausea, vomiting, flatulence and dyspepsia.
Clove oil is popularly used for tooth aches from time immemorial..
Cloves are expectorant in nature hence they are used in controlling coughs. If one two cloves are kept in the mouth controls the cough particularly in the nights and promotes sleep.
It controls the throat irritation.
Because of its antiseptic nature it finds a place in the preparation of mouth washes, tooth pastes and tooth powders.
Infusions of cloves is used for controlling of Cholera and Asthma
Along with honey clove powder is used for controlling vomiting.
Because of its anesthetic nature it is used in ear ache.
Clove oil is used in head aches.
Clove oil is a good remedy for treating styes on the eye (Inflammation of the eye lids in the form of small growths).

Culinary uses of cloves:

Cloves are used as a spice in many preparations of foods to increase the aroma of the food.
Along with betel leaves cloves are used to enhance its flavor.
Along with other spices it is powdered and used as curry powder in non vegetarian foods to give taste and aroma.

Medicinal Uses Of Cloves and Clove Oil

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