The Benefits of Cloves

Cloves are otherwise known as Sygiam Arotmaticom or Deva Pushpam or Lowangam. 

Clove leaves are called the ‘Bay Leaves’ (like Curry leaves) a spice for 'seasoning' which we normally use in our cooking.

Clove Oil is good for Tooth-ache or Pain. It’s called ‘Aroma therapy’. Dip small cotton ball in Clove oil and keep it on your sore tooth to heal the pain. Chew Cloves to prevent mouths’ bad-odour - it is good for gums and teeth. 

Cloves act as Anti-inflammatory agent helps to push out the un-wanted dirty water from your immune system and protects you from catch / sprain in your body parts/muscle from muscular  pain. It removes over-heat from the stomach. Cloves also act as Anti-inflammatory Analgesic Stimulant.

CLOVES INHIBIT CANCER GROWTH: Research from China has determined that Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) inhibit the growth of several Cancers. Researchers tested an extract of whole cloves against several types of human cancer cells, including those of ovarian, cervical, liver, colon, breast and pancreatic cancers.

Published in the Journal Oncology Research, the test used an incubation system that simulated the ability of these cancer cells to grow within the body. The researchers found that the clove extract stopped such development. The active constituents they identified within the clove extracts include oleanolic acid and eugenol. “Clove extract may represent a novel therapeutic herb for cancer treatment, and oleanolic acid is one the components responsible for part of its antitumor activity,” the researchers commented.

Cloves, one of the oldest medicinal spices, have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for many centuries.

How to make Cloves Mixture for internal use for Nausea or Vomiting:

Ingredients: Take little Clove powder and mix well with honey to taste, to make it a thick mixture.

Procedure:

Take half ½ teaspoon of this mixture with little water, soon you feel like nausea/vomiting sensation. It will stop vomiting immediately. It is good for de-hydration and fever. It acts as Anti-Spasmodic for body pain, Stomach Pain, and Gastric irritation.

How to make a Digestion Tonic from Cloves:

Ingredients: Need 5-6 Cloves and Two (2) Green Beatle-leaves cut in to small pieces of leaves.

Procedure:

Boil 100ml or one glass of water in a Pan, put 5-6 solid Cloves and add the small cut-pieces of green Beatle-leaves and boil it very well till the water mixture/tonic reduces to 50ml. Add Honey or Salt to taste, filter and drink. Inhale the smoke while boiling, it will dissolve Mucus or Balgham from your chest and will kill the body-bacteria.

This tonic acts as ‘Amino-Moderator’. It is good for female Periodic Spasmodic Pains and ‘Menstrual Cramps’. Drink this tonic for Stomach soar/ache, and hip/back-soar.

It is good for any Respiratory Problems of Asthma, Cold and Sinus patients. This acts as Anti-Bacterial, Anti-Micro-vale/local Anaesthesia and Aroma therapy.

For Head-ache or Body-Sore/Pain - make fomentation:

Ingredients: One table-spoon Stone-Salt and 5-10 solid Cloves.

Procedure:

Fry few solid cloves with stone-salt in a dry pan till it gets hot. (Salt acts as a preservative). Put the salt and cloves in a piece of white cloth and give fomentation on the forehead for head-ache. It will relieve head Soar/head-ache. Do not use or never apply Clove-oil directly on the forehead, which will give irritation and burn your forehead skin.

Six (6) Health Benefits of Cloves:

Though the Cloves might be tiny, but cloves are giants when it comes to nutrition and natural health.

Used often used in Ayurvedic medicine, Cloves are anti-fungal, antibacterial, antiseptic and analgesic. They are packed with antioxidants and are good sources of minerals (especially manganese), Omega-3 fatty acids, fiber and vitamins.

Here are six (6) great uses of Cloves, culled from an Ayurvedic tradition:

1. Temporarily treat a toothache: you can temporarily alleviate the pain by dabbing a little clove oil on a cotton ball and placing in on the sore tooth or on your gums. An added benefit is that it will also pull out any infection;
2. Relieve your respiratory infections: Ayurveda suggests making a tea to lessen, or prevent, colds and flu. It is also as an expectorant, making it easier to cough up phlegm. Cloves are a natural  pain killer and also attack germs, so they all help you get rid of that sore throat;
3. Reduce inflammation: Use clove oil to massage sore muscles; so they all help you get rid of that sore throat;
4. Treat scrapes and bruises: Cloves are pretty strong and can sting, so the best is to probably make a poultice with a little Olive oil;
5. Improve digestion: Cloves help relax the smooth lining of the GI tract, so they help alleviate vomiting, diarrhea, intestinal gas and stomach aches. Just be careful; since they are strong, they can also irritate the stomach;
6. Enhance sexual health: Sometimes used as an aphrodisiac, Cloves can also help men from reaching orgasm too early.