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Clove Bud*Eugenia
caryophyllata, SD, Wild, Indonesia |
$7.99 |
Clove Bud Essential oil for aromatherapy
Aromatherapy Characteristics and Uses
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Syzygium aromaticum,
Family = Eugenia caryophyllata
Region = Madagascar
Color = Light Golden Yellow
Aroma = Spicy, fruity, warm and sweet
aroma
Plant Description
Oil from the bud is much less likely to cause skin irritation.
A slender evergreen with a smooth gray trunk, up to 12
meters high. It has large bright green leaves on short stalks. At the start of
the rainy season long buds appear that have a rosy-pink corolla at the tip. As
the corolla fades the calyx turns deep red. When dried these provide the cloves.
The word clove comes from the Latin word clavus, meaning nail, since the
shaft and head of the clove bud resembles a nail. It is used to flavor meats,
including ham, and is incorporated in Indian curries and rice dishes such as
vindaloo; it is used in pickles and sauces (e.g. Worcestershire sauce) and some
European spice cakes. However, its value as a flavor has declined considerably
since the time of Magellan. It should be remembered that Magellan’s fateful
circumnavigation of the world (1519-1522) started off with five ships and over
250 men. Although only one ship and 18 men returned to Spain, nevertheless its
cargo of about 50 tons of cloves and nutmeg were considered to have made the
expedition a financial success. Cloves and nutmeg were among the most precious
of items of Europe of the 16th and 17th centuries, and they were worth more than
their weight in gold.
Fortunes were made in the East Indian and Spice Island trade, since precious
spices brought huge rewards to successful importers. The glittering wealth of
the Portuguese and Spanish courts, of Italian port cities, Dutch trading firms,
German bankers and British speculators was followed by the extraordinarily
successful entry in 1672 of the United States into the spice trade. Competitive
sailing boats helped make Salem the capital of spices in the first half of the
19th century. A certain Elihu Yale, who was born in 1649 in Boston, made his
fortune as a spice merchant in India; he gave material support from his family
home in Wales to help build up the institution that was to become Yale
University. This is, interestingly, located in Connecticut, which was nicknamed
the Nutmeg State, since enterprising merchants were able to sell fake nutmegs
made of wood to unsuspecting purchasers who valued the spice. See a list of
spices by Taste and Hotness.
Useful Parts The clove of commerce is the dried unexpanded flower. The
principle constituent of cloves, and the one to which their properties are
essentially due, is the oil.
Medicinal Properties: Unlike most spices, clove has an obvious medical
value. It contains eugenol which is an effective local anesthetic, and this has
long been used in dentistry. Other constituents include salicylic acid. Although
the smoking of clove cigarettes is a national habit in Indonesia, the entry of
this aromatic tobacco in the U.S.A. was curtailed when suspicion arose that it
could cause adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Clove, which is an
aphrodisiac (with properties similar to those of rhinoceros horn – i.e. an
imaginary symbol of potency), was a highly valued flavor, a possible food
preservative, and a pharmaceutical panacea in past centuries. Now, it is a
rarely appreciated spice and an old-fashioned drug that has little role in
medicine or dentistry today.
Historically both cloves and the oil have been considered stimulant,
aromatic, and carminative. Cloves in substance or infusion have been given to
relieve nausea and vomiting, more especially the vomiting of pregnancy, to
relieve flatulence, and to except weak digestion. The oil of cloves sometimes
affords relief when introduced into the cavity of a carious tooth
Aromatherapy Uses
There are two
different essential oils, Clove (Bud) and Clove (Leaf). Clove (Bud) is pale
yellow with a sweet-spicy odour. Clove leaf is a darker brown with a cruder
burnt wood odour. Clove (Bud) is the preferred essential oil.
When using aromatherapy to address physical conditions, this essential oil is
an antiseptic and stimulating oil used in mouthwashes. and for gargling.
Comforting rubbed onto gums, traditionally used to relieve toothache.
Source: flowers,
production method: steam distillation
aromatherapy class: stimulating, energizing
traditional use: muscle relaxant, soothing agent
Perfume note=Middle The bud oil is favoured in perfumery
work.
Blends with: basil, black pepper, cinnamon, citronella,
grapefruit, lemon, nutmeg, orange, peppermint, rosemary, rose
Main constituents:- (Clove bud) Eugenol, eugenyl acetate, caryophyllene.
(Clove Leaf) Eugenol, some eugenyl acetate.
Precaution = use ½ recommended dilution or less; can cause skin irritation Do
not use during pregnancy
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Note: This information is a summary of data from books and articles by
various authors. It is not intended to replace the advice or attention of health
care professionals.
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