What are cloves?

Answer 1

Cloves are a kind of spice, available both as buds (or kernels) and in powdered form. They have a kind of sweet-smokey taste, and are very good on pork. I used to cross-hatch hams and put clove buds in before baking them- and they were good!

Answer 2

Symmetry Products with Cloves: New Attitude

Cloves are the most stimulating and carminative of all aromatics; given in powder, infusion, or tonic for nausea , emesis, flatulence, languid indigestion and dyspepsia, and used chiefly to assist the action of other herbs. The medicinal properties of cloves reside in the volatile oil. This oil must be kept in dark bottles in a cool place. If distilled with water, salt must be added to raise the temperature of ebullition and the same cloves must be distilled over and over again to get their full essence.

Two constituents of clove oil - Caryophyllene and Eugenol.

Cloves (Eugenia aromaticus) are actually the dried buds of the clove tree. Used in China for more than 2000 years, cloves are believed to be an aphrodisiac. We do know that clove oil is a time-honored remedy for toothache, and that clove oil is highly antiseptic. The cloves are also used to stop vomiting.

"The clove herb keeps food fresh because the main active component of cloves is eugenol, which has long been known to help kill bacteria and viruses" says Gary Elmer, Ph.D., associate professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy in Seattle. By killing bacteria, eugenol helps keep meat fresh and prevents stomach upset, diarrhea, and wound infections.

Healing uses for Clove / Cloves:

Mouth Care: Clove oil is suggested for toothaches, and can help freshen breath. You may have tasted the sweet-hot flavor of clove oil in over-the-counter toothache medicines. Try a drop of this healing oil (available at drugstores and health-food stores) to ease an aching tooth until you can see a dentist.

Relieve indigestion: The herb's usefulness in supporting normal digestive system function has yet to be confirmed in humans, but laboratory studies indicate that it may be effective.

Control diarrhea: An ingredient in clove fights the bacteria responsible for diarrhea-the ailment you get from drinking the water in regions where health standards are substandard.

Heals cuts and bites: Studies show that the oil in cloves can help kill several strains of staphylococcus bacteria and one strain of pseudomonas-organisms that can cause skin infections.


Cloves are also known as: Ding Xiang, clove, Eugenia caryophyllata

Answer 3

Cloves are flower buds. They have enormous aroma due to eugenol an essential oil. It has many uses. See for more in the source below.

Answer 4

Cloves are the aromatic dried flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to Indonesia and used as a spice in cuisine all over the world.
Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum, syn. Eugenia aromaticum or Eugenia caryophyllata) are the aromatic dried flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to Indonesia and used as a spice in cuisine all over the world. The name derives from French clou, a nail, as the buds vaguely resemble small irregular nails in shape. Cloves are harvested primarily in Zanzibar, Indonesia and Madagascar; it is also grown in India, and Sri Lanka.

The clove tree is an evergreen which grows to a height ranging from 10-20 m, having large oval leaves and crimson flowers in numerous groups of terminal clusters. The flower buds are at first of a pale color and gradually become green, after which they develop into a bright red, when they are ready for collecting. Cloves are harvested when 1.5-2 cm long, and consist of a long calyx, terminating in four spreading sepals, and four unopened petals which form a small ball in the centre.

Cloves can be used in cooking either whole or in a ground form, but as they are extremely strong they are used sparingly. The spice is used throughout Europe and Asia and is smoked in a type of cigarettes locally known as kretek in Indonesia and in occasional coffee bars in the West, mixed with marijuana to create marijuana spliffs (joints). Cloves are also an important incense material in Chinese and Japanese culture. Clove essential oil is used in aromatherapy and oil of cloves is widely used to treat toothache in dental emergencies.

Cloves have historically been used in Indian cuisine (both North Indian and South Indian). In the north indian cuisine, it is used in almost every sauce or side dish made, mostly ground up along with other spices. They are also a key ingredient in chai tea along with green cardamoms. In the south indian cuisine, it finds extensive use in the biryani dish (similar to the pilaf, but with the addition of local spice taste), and is normally added whole to enhance the presentation and flavor of the rice.

Along with the recreational uses of cloves, they are also said to be a natural anthelmintic.

Answer 5

Why not just look it up online instead of losing 5 pts to ask someone else to look it up for you?

'Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum, syn. Eugenia aromaticum or Eugenia caryophyllata) are the aromatic dried flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to Indonesia and used as a spice in cuisine all over the world."

Answer 6

Cloves are also a type of cigarette. They have tobacco and cloves. I have a friend who smokes them and while it smells better than regular cigs, she said that they burned her mouth and lungs.

Answer 7

a type of spice.
there are also clove ciggareetes also