Ingredient

Cloves are analgesic, anodyne, antibacterial, antiemetic, antifungal, antiinflammatory, antioxidant, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antiviral, aphrodisiac aromatic, astringent, brain tonic, cardiotonic, carminative, diaphoretic, digestive, exhilarant, expectorant, germicide, hepatic, stimulant and stomachic. They increase circulation, raise blood-heat, promote digestion of fatty and crude food, promote nutrition and relieve gastric and intestinal pains and spasms. They stimulate the skin, salivary glands, kidneys, liver and bronchial mucous membrane. Cloves have been studied for use in the prevention of blood clotting and coagulation, and for their chemoprotective (protecting healthy tissue against anticancer drugs), and fever-reducing effects.

Cloves are a stimulant to the mind (improving memory) and to the body as a whole, and have been used as an aphrodisiac.

Eugenol is the largest and most important component of the volatile oil. It is strongly rubefacient, anaesthetic and antiseptic and, therefore, useful as an application in pain relief for toothache, rheumatic pains, sciatica, lumbago, headaches and neuralgia and as an antiseptic for many conditions.