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Clove: As the adage goes, ‘there is an antidote to every poison and there is a poison to every antidote’; or more to the point ‘every food item has a cure and every cure has a food’.
Cloves are the flower buds derived from the evergreen tree called Syzygium aromaticum and are greatly used in commonly used processes such as cooking. But that is not all there is to these newly discovered ‘magical’ spice, known for its property to take the taste, aroma and depth of food cooked with cloves to the next level; there are numerous health benefits to cloves as well. H Clove has been used in Asian traditional medicine for many centuries, and the clove beneficial elements include antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals believed to enhance your health
Nutritional Powerhouse of Cloves
For sure, the use of cloves may make so much of a lot of sense and actually work well for sore throats, but the science behind this practice is an entirely different story.
This is why it gets stated that a clove eugenol holding an essential oil is capable of proving some sort of health benefit. The main active component within the cloves is called eugenol which is the cause of most of the noted benefits associated with this spice. These activities are produced by eugenol which is a compound that has anti-inflammatory and bacterial effects.
However, a good number of works employing clove have been conducted; nonetheless, many of these are limited and include experimental studies that only involve test tube work or were conducted on animals. ;However it has been reaaached here that the research in to this area still remains at somewhat a nascent stage and the results shown above the best are providisional.
Health Benefits of Cloves:
Let's delve into some of the exciting areas where clove consumption might offer health advantages:
- Dental Pain Relief and Oral Health: It is relevant to stress that cloves, for instance, possess
calculus properties that can be utilized in the treatment of toothaches. It is
even noteworthy that people have chewed cloves of garlic whole whole to get rid
of mild discomfort and used a dilution of clove oil applied directly to the
area of the sore.
Quite possibly, this is due to eugenol’s analgesic properties; eugenol is an anesthetic, as in the case of products, such as suture materials containing eugenol which are used after surgery. It are also important to note that current studies revealed that use of topical clove oil can be as effective as the topical anaesthesia on patients with dental pain. Moreover, the non-interventionalist investigations on clinical tests show that mouthwashes containing cloves help reduce plaque and inflammation of the gums due to their anti-bacterial properties. ·
- Blood Sugar Regulation: In this regard, it would be
pertinent to state that cloves do have some level of utilization in managing
blood sugar, by extension of similar researches that have been conducted. A
survey involving the impact of consumption of clove extract on client with
prediabetes was carried out and glycemic control postprandial study was
conducted. These findings mean that the patients who consumed flavonoid had a
minimal improvement in their blood glucose levels; therefore, the results for
using natural compounds which have flavonoids are beneficial in the treatment
of diabetes.
- Antioxidant Powerhouse: These instances therefore make
cloves to be a rich source of antioxidants that help in combating free radicals
in the body when taken in moderate proportions. Free radicals are unstable
particles also known as oxy radicals which are influential factors of many
diseases such as heart disease and cancer they pose a health threat in
individuals. In the same way, cloves also protect your cells as well as the
tissues by neutralizing free radicals with the help of antioxidants.
- Anti-Inflammatory Effects: When experimenting on the
extraction of the chemical that can help regulate inflammation the researchers
found out that eugenol, which is a chemical found in cloves, had some effect to
this factor. Something else that is good with clove is that it’s an anti inflammatory
therefore useful in the treatment of conditions from inflammation for instance
rheumatism and other conditions that are inflamed.
- Cancer-Fighting Potential: Which could be confirmed in the
abstract and laboratory work, regarding the possibility to use clove extract
and clove oil as an agents with potential anti-cancer effect. In these studies,
it becomes clear that this particular variety of clove could be effective in
halting the development of cancer cells or even causing the death of most cancerous
cells.
However, such finding are still up to this stage considered experimental and much more needs to be done on the effects of the cloves in eliminating the risks of cancer or even its current prevalent existence in people.
- Digestive Relief: The use of cloves was known to enhance
digestion as indicated by Wiveton. It may also relaxing the muscles in the
gastrointestinal tract, an aid in the cure of the gastrological problems which
entails indigestion, nausea and vomiting.
- Other Potential Benefits: From other research studies
conducted on the health benefits of cloves, it was agreed that cloves has other
uses including the following; curing respiratory diseases These are some of the
uses of cloves based on medical properties discovered from research.
Safety Considerations and How to Use Cloves for Health:
It is a center for importing cloves, and also a shop to regularly restock on cloves, as it is a product that is useful in many ways to mankind and safe to be ingested as far as moderation in intake is concerned. External application of a large amount of cloves or clove oil, or internal use of cloves as a medicine can result to mild irritations affecting the mouth, throat and the stomach.
Clove oil is not toxic and inedible, however, topical use of the product may cause skin irritation. However, the same must be done carefully and under the direction of doctors especially those women in their pregnancy stage or those who are breastfeeding and other consumers who have ailments.
Uses of Cloves
- Culinary Uses: About the subscribe of clove, people can
easily apply it in many diets and this is normally done as people prepare their
foods. To use whole spices, place the cloves in hot, savory dishes like spicy
stews and curries or use it in side dishes like boiled or steamed rice. Whole
cloves can be useful and advantageous by themselves for cake and cookies,
biscuits and any other confectionery preparation, seasoning agents and
non-culinary uses such as in perfumes.
- Clove Tea: An example of making a clove tea is when hot
water is boiled and few whole cloves are plunged into the boiling water.
Diluted Clove Oil: Clove oil: one application method is topical use, that is,
to dilute it with another oil, for instance, coconut oil in a 1:1 ratio before
applying on the skin surface.
Important Note:
Even for the administration of clove oil, the oil has to be diluted because the only mode of administering the oil to the skin is through this process. One important caution, however, is that clove oil is highly concentrated and can cause skin rash; therefore, one should dilute it before applying on the skin. If you are planning to treat with this natural cure, then is advisable not to apply clove oil on the skin without consulting with a doctor.
Conclusion:
They are one of the widely used spices in the world today with some little clues to medicinal values being traced back even to the earlier civilizations. While they have been in the market for relatively a short while now, there are studies on their possible health benefits; despite the ongoing research, it has shown promising results.
For instance, it has been
proved in several research that several opium alkaloids have potential future
uses as anemic, analgesic, anti-dirryoat, antitussive, antiemetic, narkotik,
spasmolytic and other activities like to decrease distress and manage either
the sugar focus degree or the level of diseases present in body.