Healing Power and Curative Properties
Asthma
Clove is an effective remedy for asthma. A teaspoon of decoction prepared by boiling 6 cloves in 30 ml of water can be taken with honey thrice daily as an expectorant.
Teeth Disorders
The use of a clove in toothache decreases pain. It also helps to decrease infection due to its antiseptic properties. Clove oil, applied to a cavity in a decayed tooth, also relieves toothache.
Earache
A clove sauted in a teaspoon of sesame (til) oil and 3 to 5 drops of this (warm) oil put into the ear can cure
earache
.
Muscular Cramps
Muscular cramps are often relieved when the oil of clove is applied as a poultice near the affected portion.
Headaches
A paste of clove and salt crystals in milk is a common
household remedy for headaches. Salt, as a hygroscopic agent,
absorbs fluid and decreases tension.
Stye
Clove is one of the best remedies for styes which is an
inflammation around the eyelash. A clove stub rubbed in water and then applied over the stye gives relief.
Other Uses
Cloves are used as a table spice and mixed with chillies,
cinnamon, turmeric and other spices in the preparation of curry
powder. They are also used to flavour the betel quid (pan pah).
Clove oil is used in the manufacture of perfumes, soaps, bath
salts and as a flavouring agent in medicine and dentistry.