Clove Tree

It is also called as clou de girofle in French, chiodo di garofano in Italian language. The other names given to this wonderful herb are gahn plu in Thai language and ding heung in Chinese. This word is derived from Latin word clavus which means nail.

This herb are normally grows in the tropics and near sea shore. This tropical evergreen tree needs lots of rain but requires dry season for harvesting and curing. This herb is normally cultivated in countries like the West Indies, Brazil, Madagascar, India, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Pemba and Zanzibar.

These herbs are used in all most all varieties of cuisine as flavoring agent. It enhances the flavor in a dish. It is also used in making spice powder, curry powder, pickling spices and mulling spices. This herb is normally used more by people in the Middle East and North Africa to add flavor to meat dishes and to aromatize rice. This herb is also used by bakers while baking cake, biscuits, cookies and pies.

A lot of medicinal values of this herb help in treating certain medical condition.

• First and foremost clove tree has strong analgesic and antiseptic qualities. Many cultures of the world treat this as an herbal medication for all illnesses.

• Traditional folk healers and modern pharmacists use this herb's oil in lessening the symptoms that are associated with dental decay and tooth ache.

• Tea made from this herb is vastly used in Asian culture as a cure for nausea that also aid to eliminate excess gas in the stomach.

• This oil is used by the Chinese to cure diarrhea and hernia.

• Tincture of this oil is used to cure all pathogenic fungi and other fungal infections.

• The antiseptic ability of the herb is used by the people to cure certain types of viral infections.

• In tropical areas of Asia, clove is used to treat water borne infection like cholera and also used to treat insect borne diseases like malaria.

This herb is very effective for treating certain medical conditions and also widely used in kitchen to add flavor to food.

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