What are the effects of cloves

Male cloves refer to the flower buds of the evergreen tree plant of the Myrtaceae family, and the fruit of the myrtle plant is called female cloves. Clove is also a plant with certain medicinal value in traditional Chinese medicine. It has a good effect in treating stomach and kidney diseases as well as impotence. Many difficult and complicated diseases in Western medicine need to be slowly treated in traditional Chinese medicine. Clove is very good for treating some stubborn diseases. So, what are the effects of cloves?

Cloves are the flower buds of the Myrtaceae plant. Lilac is also an evergreen tree plant, and its origin is in the Malaysian Archipelago and Africa. Of course, it is also cultivated in small quantities in Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places in our country. Because cloves have many functions and effects, using them in traditional Chinese medicine can be very helpful in treating stubborn diseases.

The clove buds are slightly pestle-shaped, slightly T-shaped, and 1 to 2 cm long. The flowers are spherical, 0.3 to 0.5 cm in diameter, with 4 petals, imbricate and clasped, brown or yellowish brown, with many stamens in the petals, curved filaments, upright styles, cylindrical calyx tube, slightly flattened and slightly curved, 0.7 to 1.4 cm long, 0.3 to 0.6 cm in diameter, reddish brown or brown, with 4 triangular sepals at the top, separated in a cross shape. The texture is firm and rich in oil. When put into water, the calyx tube sinks vertically. It has a fragrant and spicy taste with a numbing tongue feeling. The best ones are rich in oil, have a strong aroma and sink in water.

Cloves are pungent and warm in nature; they enter the spleen, stomach, and kidney meridians; they are aromatic and dispersing; they have the effects of warming the middle and relieving adverse effects, dispersing cold and relieving pain, warming the kidney and assisting yang; they are mainly used to treat stomach cold and hiccups, vomiting and nausea, cold pain in the abdomen, diarrhea and dysentery, kidney deficiency and impotence, cold hernia in the yin, cold pain in the waist and knees, yin carbuncle, bad breath and tooth scurvy.

The above is an introduction to the effects of cloves. It can be seen that the medicinal value of cloves is very high. However, when taking cloves for drug treatment, you must consult a doctor, otherwise it will cause physical discomfort and aggravate the disease. In addition, cloves can also be used as a therapeutic ingredient. Adding cloves to meat and stewing it can satisfy the taste buds while maintaining the body.