Indonesia is known as one of the spice-producing countries, one of which is a plant cloves. Tropical plant that originated from Maluku are now widely cultivated for its flowers and its oil.
Clove plant can grow well in tropical climates.
Clove oil is widely used by dentists as a painkiller. In addition, this plant is also used in pharmaceutical, food flavoring, and perfumery.
Clove oil (Eugenia aromatica) can be produced from the distillation of dried clove bud powder (clove oil), clove bud stalk powder (clove stem oil), and leaf dry clove (clove leaf oil).
Chemical properties and pharmacological effects of clove is warm, it feels sharp, aromatic, efficacious as a stimulant (stimulant), antiseptic, laxative fart (icarminative), local anesthetic, eliminating colic, and cough medicine. The chemical content of the cloves are carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, fat, protein, and eugenol.
As a traditional medicine has a property deal cloves toothache, sinusitis, nausea and vomiting, bloating, colds, headaches, stomach ulcers, cough, delayed menstruation, rheumatism, measles, and others.
Overcoming dental pain, tooth cavities stuffed with cotton that has been shed with clove oil. Or, 10 grains of cloves roasted until soft, then finely ground, inserted in cavities in moderation, then covered with cotton. Do twice a day.
Eliminate bad breath, 10 grains of cloves washed and brewed with 200 cc of hot water, let stand for five minutes. Then, filtered and the water used to rinse his mouth, do every day on a regular basis.
Overcoming sinusitis, cloves to taste dried, ground to powder and blown into the nose using a straw with a size sufficiently. As a nausea drug, 10 grains of cloves, 20 grams of tamarind and palm sugar boiled with 400 cc of water until the remaining 200 cc. Then the mixture is filtered and drunk while warm to two times a day, every time you drink as much as 100 cc.
Overcoming bloating, 10 grains of cloves brewed with hot water and drunk as tea. Alternatively, 5 to 10 grains of cloves inserted in the hollowed pears and wrapped in aluminum foil paper then baked until cooked. Once cooked, remove the clove pear and eaten.
Medicine for colds, 10 drops of clove oil is brewed with 50 cc of hot water, add honey to taste, stirring until evenly distributed then drink while warm. Do 2 to 3 times daily. Medicine for headache, 5 grains of cloves, cinnamon 5 grams, 5 grams of nutmeg, and 5 grains of pepper mashed up into a powder and brewed with 100 cc of hot water, then drink.
Overcoming gastritis, 5 grains of cloves, cinnamon 5 grams, 5 grams of nutmeg, and 5 grains cardamom, mandarin orange peel 15 grams, 150 grams of radish, pumpkin machetes to taste, boiled with 1000 cc of hot water and then drunk. Cough, 10 grains of cloves, 10 pieces of betel leaf, 5 leaves footprint liman, cardamom 3 eggs, 2 cinnamon fingers, and palm sugar boiled with water until the remaining 800 cc 400 cc, filtered and then taken 2 times a day, every time drink as much as 200 cc.
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