Clove's efficacy, effects and contraindications

Speaking of lilac, everyone will think of the song "Lilac". From the lyrics, people can understand that lilac is purple and has a strong fragrance. Clove is actually a Chinese medicinal material. It can not only treat gastric ulcers, but also relieve abdominal bloating and enhance digestion. The following article is an introduction to the effects, functions and contraindications of cloves. You can learn more about it~

1. The efficacy and function of clove

1. Anti-gastric ulcer: Clove can inhibit the formation of experimental gastric ulcers in rats. Clove volatile oil and eugenol can significantly increase gastric mucus secretion without increasing acidity. Eugenol may be an active ingredient in anti-ulcer activities.

2. Stomachic: Clove can relieve abdominal bloating, enhance digestion, and reduce nausea and vomiting.

3. Inhibit intestinal excitation: Clove water decoction can inhibit the spontaneous contraction of isolated rabbit intestines, and can counteract the excitatory effects of acetylcholine, histamine, etc. on isolated intestines.

4. Anti-diarrhea: Clove extract and eugenol can antagonize large intestine diarrhea and intestinal effusion caused by senna or castor oil.

2. Plant morphology of lilac

Lilac, an evergreen tree, up to 10 meters tall. Leaves are opposite; petiole is obvious; leaf blade is oblong ovate or oblong obovate, 5-10cm long, 2.5-5cm wide, apex acuminate or acute, base is narrow and often spreads downward into a petiole, margin is entire. The flowers are fragrant, forming terminal thyrses with a diameter of about 6mm; the calyx is thick, green and then turns purple, long tubular, 4-lobed at the apex, and the lobes are triangular; the corolla is white, slightly lavender, short-tubed, and 4-lobed; there are many stamens, and the anthers are longitudinally fissured; the ovary is inferior, fused with the calyx tube, the style is thick, and the stigma is not obvious. The berry is reddish brown, oblong-oval, 1-1.5 cm long, 5-8 mm in diameter, with persistent sepals at the tip. Seeds are rectangular.

3. Additional prescription of clove

1. To treat vomiting in the morning and evening: Grind 15 cloves into powder, add sugarcane juice and ginger juice, and make into pills the size of lotus seeds, then hold in your mouth and swallow. (From "Zhai Yuan Fang")

2. To treat cholera and stop vomiting: 14 cloves, add 5 he of wine, boil and take 2 he of wine at once. It is also better to boil it in water. (Qianjin Yifang)

3. To treat chronic heart pain: half a liang of cloves and one liang of cinnamon. Grind it into powder, and take one qian of it with hot wine before each meal. (Sheng Hui Fang)

4. To treat carbuncle and ulcer: apply clove powder and protect it with ointment. (Strange Evidence and Prescriptions)

5. To treat injuries caused by eating crabs: take 5 fen of clove powder and ginger soup. (Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment)

6. To treat nasal polyps: wrap it with clove cotton. (Sheng Hui Fang)