Cloves Medicinal Uses

Although Cloves Syzygium aromaticum have a very strong and distinct taste and flavor, Cloves medicinal uses date back many hundreds of years and they are a popular spice in Indian cuisine. If you are not accustomed to the taste and flavor, be sparing in how you use it - it could be a bit of an assault on your taste buds. Documentation of the medicinal properties of the clove is abundant.

Properties

Being anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antimicrobial and antifungul are just a few of the medicinal properties of Cloves, making them useful in treating peptic ulcers, parasitic infections and food poisoning.

Cloves are used medicinally in the following ways:

• Chewing on a clove will alleviate bad breath, effects last for quite a long time because clove destroys bacteria growing on your tongue


• Clove or clove oil can reduce painful toothaches; chewing clove or placing oil soaked cotton on the affected area will decrease in pain


• Chew clove combined with crystal sugar to relieve a chest cough


• Apply ointment to treat fungal skin infections such as athlete's foot


• Drinking clove tea can treat digestive conditions such as heartburn, flatulence, nausea and hyperacidity; but doctors and herbal specialists recommend using for short periods of time only


• Clove tea can reduce thirst during a fever and the amount of water consumed during that time


• A paste that is generated from mixing ground cloves with water treats bites, cuts and lesions


• Apply the paste as a mask to the forehead to relieve headaches associated with colds


• Massage clove oil to affected areas to relieve muscle and joint pain associated with arthritis


• Other applicationis include:

Cloves remedies are not a substitute for medication or advice provided by your healthcare professional.

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