Cure joint pain due to weather with cloves

Cloves are also known as cloves. The leaves grow opposite, are oval and pointed, and have long blades. The flowers grow in small, dense cymes and branch at the tips of the branches. The medicinal properties resemble nails and have a fragrant smell, hence the name clove.

The flower has 4 thick sepals, bright red when ripe, 4 pink-white petals, falls off early when blooming, many stamens. The berry is long, surrounded by sepals, usually containing only one seed.

Flower buds.

The plant grows wild in the forest or is cultivated for its flowers, which are used as a spice and medicine to treat many diseases. The part used is the flower bud, which contains a lot of essential oil, is slightly yellow-brown in color, and has a good firmness. Cloves are used as a spice in food preparation in many culinary cultures. In cooking, cloves are used in their intact form or ground into powder and have a very strong aroma, so only a small amount is used for each time preparing dishes.

According to traditional medicine, cloves have a fragrant smell, spicy taste, warm properties, and enter the lung, spleen, stomach, and kidney meridians. They have the effect of warming the middle (stomach), warming the kidney (kidney), stimulating digestion, and stopping bleeding.

Some remedies from cloves:

Recipe 1: Cure joint pain due to weather: 20g cloves, 12g camphor, 250ml high-quality white wine, shake the medicine daily to mix, soak for 7 consecutive days. Use the medicine to massage the painful joints, twice a day.

Pre-processed medicinal herbs.

Lesson 2: Antiseptic for tooth roots, cures toothache and swelling due to inflammation: 20g each of cloves and Sichuan pepper, grind into fine powder, apply daily to the painful area.

Lesson 3: Treatment of mouth ulcers: 5g cloves, finely ground into powder, add a little boiled water and let it cool until it is absorbed into a thick liquid (after 3 hours). Use a cotton swab to dip into this liquid and apply it to the inflamed area. Gargle with diluted salt water several times a day, treat for 5 consecutive days.

Note: Distinguish clove buds from clove flower, which is smaller, not fragrant, and when dry the bud tip shrinks. People with cold deficiency should not use it.

According to Health & Life