5 Ways to Utilize Clove

Clove

Clove is native plants from Indonesia and widely used as a spice in cooking spicy in European countries, and as a key ingredient clove cigarettes typical Indonesian. Plants that have latin name (Syzygium aromaticum) this has a variety of benefits, not only as a food flavoring, but also for treating various diseases.

Cloves contain active compounds such as volatile oils, fenilin, karyofilin, kaemprefol, kampestrol, carbohydrates, amino oleanolik, stigmasterol, sitosterol, rhamnetin, vitamins, carvacrol, thymol, eugenol and cinnamaldehyd.

To know more closely, any benefits which you can reap from this tropical plants, here is the his explanation:

1. Treating toothache

In the book Efficacious Herbal Indonesia, cloves mentioned can help overcome toothache. Parts are used as medicine are the flowers of clove. How to use, take as much as 5 to 10 grains of flowers then roasted and mashed until smooth. Clove powder can be sprinkled on the ailing tooth.

2. Overcoming acne blemishes

As quoted Health.com, Cornelia Zicu, a staff of the Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spas, say, cloves can be used to eliminate acne scars, thanks to content of compounds euganol (a natural antiseptic that balances the skin), well as prevent the onset of acne.

How to use: mix 1 teaspoon ground cloves, 1 teaspoon of honey, and 3 drops of fresh lemon juice in a small bowl. After that, apply all over the face and leave for 20 minutes, then rinse with cold water to get the best results.

3. Overcoming respiratory infections

Believe or not, tea containing clove can help you overcome respiratory infections. "Cloves work as an expectorant, loosening mucus in the throat and esophagus," says Neil Schachter, MD, a professor from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.

To obtain maximum results, Dr. Schachter also provide ways of presentation: mix 2 sticks of clove, a sheet of cinnamon, and 2 cardamom seeds, then destroyed. After that, place it in a cup, add boiling water, and leave for 1-2 minutes.

4. Perfuming natural clothes

Who would have thought turns clove can also utilized as a perfume scent on the clothes. Put a few sticks of clove into your wardrobe. Spicy clove scent will mask the smell and keep your stuff keep it fresh. To keep in order to perfume scent stay awake, you can replace it every 2-4 weeks.

5. Cleaners that friendly environment

To clean the bathroom walls do not always have to use soap or other chemicals. Now you can use cloves instead. "Cloves work as a natural antiseptic. Clove oil can reduce the fungus or bacteria in the household furnishings and prevent germs come back," says Sara Snow, an expert eco-cleaner and author of the book.

How to use: add a pinch of clove oil (about 1/2 teaspoon) to 2 cups of water and pour it into an empty spray bottle. Then spray on the places that susceptible exposed to germs or bacteria, such as the bathroom wall.

As quoted from various sources