Clove

Clove
Name
Clove
Latin Pharmaceutical Name
Caryophylli Flos
Chinese Name
丁香
Category
Flowers

CloveMore Info

Production Regions
Primarily produced in Zanzibar Island of Tanzania, as well as Malaysia and Indonesia. In China, it has been introduced into cultivation in the provinces of Hainan and Guangdong.
Macroscopic Features
Slightly appears short-pestle-shape, 1.5~2cm; reddish-brown to dark brown; lower portion is slightly flat cylindrical calyx tube, 1~1.3cm long, 5mm wide, 3mm thick; base is gradually narrow, rough, diffuses oil when carving; calyx tube has 4 triangular sepals separated in across shape; upper portion is nearly globe-shaped, 6mm diameter, with 4 petals embracing each other. After cutting the bud, numerous stamens can be seen, filament curve towards the center, center has one thick strong and erect style; firm and heavy texture, sinks when put into water; fractured surface is oily, diffuses oil out when cut by nails; intensely aromatic odor; acrid taste.
Quality Requirements
Superior medicinal material is large, thick and strong, fresh purple-brown, with intensely aromatic odor and oily.
Properties
Sweet; warm.
Functions
Warms stomach, warms kidney. Apply to cold stomach and swelling pain, hiccup, vomiting and diarrhea, impediment, colic, ozostomia, toothache.
Origin
The dried flower bud of Eugenia caryophyllata Thunb.(Myrtaceae).

CloveHerbs in the formula

Storax Pill

Storax Pill

Action:Aromatically opens the orifices, moves qi and relieves pain.
Indication:Su He Xiang Wan is indicated for cold blockage. The symptoms are sudden fainting and locked jaw, unconsciousness, a white tongue coating, and a slow pulse. It is also indicated for sudden pain in the heart and abdomen as well as syncope due to cold blockage.
Purple Snow Elixir

Purple Snow Elixir

Action:Clears heat and opens the orifices, extinguishes wind and arrests convulsion.
Indication:Zi Xue Dan is indicated for heat invading the pericardium and excessive heat generating wind. The symptoms are high fever, vexation and agitation, unconsciousness and delirium, convulsion, syncope, thirst, drinking a lot, scorched lips, dry tooth, dark urine, and constipation. The tongue is crimson with a dry, yellow coating, and a wiry, forceful pulse. Zi Xue Dan is also indicated for infantile convulsion due to excessive heat.
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