Clove

The flower buds contain volatile oil (namely clove oil), whose main components are eugenol, acetyleugenol and β-caryophyllene. In addition, the flower buds also contain methyl amyl ketone, methyl salicylate, vanillin, benzaldehyde and benzyl alcohol, etc.

Oral administration promotes gastric secretion, improves digestion, reduces nausea and vomiting, and relieves abdominal bloating. Eugenol contained in the herb has local anesthetic and analgesic effects. Aqueous or alcoholic extracts have anesthetic and lethal effects on pig roundworms and inhibit both bacteria and pathogenic fungi. In vitro, clove also inhibits the PR8 strain of influenza virus.

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