Medicinal effects and functions of cloves

Most people's understanding of lilac comes from a song called Lilac, which is popular all over the country. In fact, lilac is not only a flower, but also a very famous Chinese medicinal material. When Chinese medicine practitioners use cloves, they mainly wash and dry the cloves before using them, so most people cannot recognize that this is the lilac flower when they use it. So what is the medicinal value of clove?

1. Cloves can enhance the resistance of gastrointestinal function and treat excessive gastric acid: Cloves are a spicy and warm Chinese medicinal material that can mainly regulate the spleen and stomach and can be used to make tea.

2. Clove can treat respiratory diseases such as bronchitis: Generally, acute bronchitis is caused by bacterial infection, and clove has a certain antibacterial effect, so it is helpful for bronchitis.

3. Cloves can treat increased frequency of bowel movements and abdominal pain caused by red and white dysentery: Dysentery is prevalent in summer and autumn every year, and people with poor gastrointestinal function are more likely to get it. Using cloves can help treat the disease.

4. Cloves can regulate the spleen and stomach and treat stomach problems: brewing clove tea with hot water can not only warm the stomach, but also treat symptoms of nausea, vomiting and indigestion.

5. Clove has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain: It is recorded in Chinese medical books that clove can treat edema, carbuncle and some swellings.

6. Cloves have the effect of relieving stress, refreshing the brain and calming the nerves: Modern people are under great pressure at work, so it is a good choice to use cloves to soothe and calm our mood.

7. Cloves have an inhibitory effect on fungi both inside and outside the body: Cloves can not only inhibit the damage of fungi in the intestines to us, but also extract essences to treat fungal damage on the skin, and clove oil has no irritation or harm to our skin.

8. Clove can also treat male impotence, female infertility due to uterine coldness, and nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.