History of Clove buds
Parts used from the Clove buds
Dried flower buds.
Constituents (bio available chemicals):
Essential oil: eugenol, eugenol acetate, humulen, limonene and several others. Phenolic acids: gallic acid, caffeic, ferulic, ellagic and salicylic acid. Flavonoids.
Nutritional constituents:
Vitamins: A, B1, B6 and C.
Indications:
Digestive tonic, dry coughs, analgesic for tooth pain, worms and parasites, rheumatism and arthritis.
Dosage:
6 cloves crushed and infused for stomach pain and nausea; 2-3 drops of oil applied to gum for toothache or directly to joint for pain.
British Herbal Pharmacopoeia
Local pain relief from tooth ache.
Cautions for therapeutic doses
Sore or bleeding gums.