Clove
Botanical Name: Syzygium
aromaticum
Indian Name: Laung
Clove is the dried unopened flower
bud obtained from a handsome, middle sized, evergreen tree. The clove
buds, stem and leaves, on steam distillation, yield a substantial amount
of essential oil. The clove bud oil, derived from the dried buds by
steam distillation, contains free eugenol, eugenol acetate and caryophyllene.
Healing Power and Curative Properties
Cloves
have many medicinal virtues. They are a stimulant. Useful in counteracting
spasmodic disorders. Stimulate's sluggish circulation and promotes digestion
and metabolism. Clove oil contains ingredients that help stabilize blood
circulation and regulate body temperature.
Earache
A clove warmed in a teaspoon of sesame oil and 3 to drops of this oil
put into the ear can cure earache.
Headaches
A paste of clove and salt crystals in milk is a common household remedy
for headaches. Salt, absorbs fluid and decreases tension.
Digestive Disorders
Cloves boosts digestive functioning. They are used
in various forms of gastric irritability and dyspepsia. Licking the powder
of fried cloves mixed with honey is effective in controlling vomiting.
Cholera
About 4 grams of doves are boiled in 3 litres of
water until half the water has evaporated. This water, taken in draughts,
will check sever symptoms of the disease.
Coughs
Chewing a clove with a crystal of common salt eases
expectoration, relieves the irritation in the throat and stops cough in
the inflammation of the pharynx. Chewing a burnt dove is also an effective
medicine for coughs. Three to five drops of clove oil mixed with honey
and a clove of garlic helps the painful spasmodic coughs in tuberculosis,
asthma and bronchitis.
Asthma
Clove is an effective remedy for asthma. A teaspoon of decoction prepared
by boiling 6 cloves in 30 ml of water can be taken with honey thrice daily
as an expectorant.
Teeth
Disorders The use of a clove in toothache decreases
pain. It also helps to decrease infection due to its antiseptic properties.
Clove oil, applied to a cavity in a decayed tooth, also relieves toothache.
