Cloves are the dried, unopened flower buds of the Syzygium aromaticum tree, an evergreen native to Indonesia and India. The buds start out pale, turn green, and then bright red when they’re ready to harvest. They are then hand-plucked and air-dried in the sun for several days. Cloves are reddish-brown in color and have a strong, aromatic flavor and aroma.
Cloves have been used for centuries in food preservation and medicine.
They are a key ingredient in many Asian foods, such as garam masala, biryanis, and pickles.
Cloves are also a source of phenolic compounds, including eugenol, terpenoids, tannins, and gallic acid, which give them antibacterial and antioxidant properties. In folk medicine, cloves have been used to treat a variety of conditions, including:
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Gastric irritability, Flatulence colic, Chronic diarrhea, Toothache, Rheumatic pains, Headaches, Asthma, Allergic and inflammatory disorders, and Bad breath.
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