The Many Uses of Cloves

Cloves are an aromatic herb that has many useful purposes. The aroma of the clove is pleasant yet spicy and can be used to make drawers and closets smell nice. Cloves has some medicinal purposes as well and it tastes good in certain dishes like spice cake.

Cloves like to grow in hot tropical climates like the islands of Indonesia. The clove plant is an evergreen tree that can reach a height of thirty or forty feet high. The leaves of the clove are leathery textured and are covered with many tiny depressions. The part of the clove that is used is the flower buds of the clove.

The aromatic oils of the clove have a stimulant and irritant effect. Cloves can increase blood circulation and raise a person's temperature slightly. The oils of the cloves have been known to stimulate and disinfect a body as it travels through the body.

Clove can be used to promote the flow of saliva and gastric juices. If you have stomach pain or gas in the stomach then the use of cloves can help to relieve the stomach pain. You can prepare a cup of clove tea by taking a cup of boiling water and adding a teaspoons of clove powder to it. Then let the water and clove steep for a few minutes before you drink it. Clove tea has been known to relieve nausea and vomiting.

When cloves are used externally on the body it can relieve the pain in chronic rheumatism, toothache and lumbago. Cloves can also help to relieve the pain of muscle cramps and some nerve conditions. You can apply clove oil along the nerve where the pain is.

To deodorize a smelly drawer or closet you can put some cloves in a small container that is open and let it sit in the drawer or closet. Leave the container open and put it in a place that it will not spill. Or you can tie up a handful of cloves in a handkerchief and put it in a closet or drawer. The scent of cloves is pleasant and nice.

Cloves are a very useful herb that has many uses for the body and the aroma. Cloves can be used to spice up foods like a ham or cake. Cloves can be purchased in a power form or it can be in a dried whole flower bud form. You can buy cloves in a grocery store in the spice section.