Cloves are not only a flower, but also a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, and the medicinal value is not low. Cloves are native to North China and are among the most valuable flowers in China. The cloves are solid, oily, strong and aromatic, spicy, numb, and warm. The main treatment is to reduce the temperature and reverse, supplement the kidney and help the yang, and is generally used for spleen and stomach deficiency, nausea and vomiting, less food and vomiting, and kidney deficiency to nourish the stomach. But it should be noted that cloves have certain toxic side effects, although the toxic side effects are not large, but there is still a certain threat to physical health, such as diarrhea and vomiting and so on. Therefore, it must be taken under the guidance of a professional doctor to avoid endangering the health of the body.
Efficacy of cloves
1. Protect the stomach and intestines and prevent gastric ulcers
Volatile oils and eugenol in cloves can promote the secretion of gastric mucus, but the acidity will not increase, thereby protecting the stomach and intestines from stomach ulcers.
Second, the prevention and treatment of diarrhea and vomiting
Eugenol is a substance that effectively inhibits intestinal diarrhea and intestinal effusion caused by senna or castor oil.
Third, bacteriostatic sterilization
Clove oil and eugenol in cloves have a broad-spectrum antibacterial effect, which can effectively inhibit staphylococcus, Escherichia coli, Helicobacter pylori, streptococcus and so on.
Fourth, prevent blood clots
Cloves can inhibit platelet aggregation, have anti-clotting, prevent blood clot effect, have a negative inotropic effect on the heart, can gradually reduce the heart rate, reduce blood pressure.
Side effects of cloves
First, it is not recommended to take cloves for people with yin deficiency body fever, which will aggravate the phenomenon of internal heat in the body.
Second, cloves should not be taken in excess, cloves have certain toxic side effects, which will cause the human body to have toxic side effects such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, which is harmful to health.
Third, pregnant women and young children are not recommended to take cloves, so as not to affect the body, any drug pregnant women and young children should be taken under the guidance of professional doctors.