Clove Bud

Essential Oil Name: Clove essential oil is extracted from Eugenia caryophyllata.

Other names for Eugenia caryophyllata are Syzygium aromaticum, E. carophyllus, and Eugenia aromatica, all of which are part of the family Myrtaceae.

Clove essential oil has a strong, somewhat spicy scent. This essential oil ranges in color from clear to light yellow, and is of medium to light thickness. 

Clove bud essential oil is derived via steam distillation, from an evergreen found in the Malacca Islands and Indonesia. This tree can reach up to thirty feet tall. 

It is from the leaves and rose or peach colored flower buds (which turn a dark reddish brown when they dry) that the essential oil is derived. The blooms are shaken from the tree and dried, steam distilled, and the essential oil is obtained in this manner.

Home Remedies using Clove Bud Essential Oil:

Benefits of Clove Bud Essential Oil:

Clove Essential Oil helps to alleviate fatigue and depression. Clove oil is very potent and should only be used in aromatherapy with caution. It does have beneficial properties, but care must be used.

It has shown positive effects improving digestion, relieving joint pain and easing respiratory problems. Clove essential oil was often used to relieve toothaches and freshen the breath.

Clove essential oil has been beneficial as an antiseptic for cuts, abrasions, and wounds. In ancient times, it was believed to help prevent contraction of contagions like the Plague.

Equally important in the spice trade, Clove essential oil is still used in the production of perfume, liquors, dental products, insect repellants, and individual cloves can be stuck into fruits such as oranges and apples and put into closets or automobiles as air fresheners.

Therapeutically, clove essential oils analgesic and antiseptic properties has been used to treat and relieve the pain of cuts, scrapes and abrasions. Clove essential oil has also been used as an antispasmodic, to disinfect or clean wounds, and as a tonic for stomach disorders.

Clove essential oil can also be used as a treatment for acne and burns. The antiseptic and analgesic properties relieve pain while it cleans and prevents infection. Cloves and clove essential oil have long been used to relieve toothaches, and mouth sores as well.

Clove essential oil is beneficial as a digestive aid, helps treat and prevent vomiting and diarrhea, and accompanying stomach spasms, as well as a preventative against offensive breath. The disinfectant properties of clove essential oil make it useful in fighting the spread of infectious diseases.

As an insecticide, clove essential oil can be placed on cotton balls and put in closets to keep moths and silverfish away. The fragrance is pleasant too!

• In vapor therapy, clove bud essential oil can be used in simmer pots, steamers, or warm baths to help relieve the symptoms of bronchitis.  It’s also used to fight depression, listlessness, and dizziness.
• Clove oil can be used as a massage oil when blended with a carrier oil. As a massage oil blend, clove essential oil can help chills, muscle spasms, arthritic conditions, and can be massaged into the external area adjacent to the site of toothaches. It is important to use clove bud oil in dilutions of less than one percent.
• When clove bud essential oil is used in a cream or lotion, the positive effects are about the same as those of massage oil but should still be diluted in a carrier oil at less than one percent.
• Clove bud essential oil can be included at a similarly low dilution rate as part of a mouthwash for toothache.

Side Effects of Clove Bud Essential Oil:

Clove essential oil is extremely potent. As a result, it should only be used with great care.  If you use it with a carrier oil, in a cream, in a lotion, or used in a oil applied to the skin, the oil should always be diluted so that the clove bud essential oil is always below 1%. 

Clove essential oil should not be used by pregnant women, and it has been known to cause skin irritation in sensitive individuals. Clove bud essential oil can also irritate the mucus membranes, so take care to keep it out of the eyes and nose.