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Clove essential oil: composition, useful properties. Video
The carnation belongs to the myrtle family. An essential oil is made from it – light and fluid, with a warm spicy aroma. The oil has found wide application in medicine, dentistry, cosmetology, perfumery and tobacco industries.
The use of clove essential oil in medicine
The essential oil should not be consumed undiluted. Mix a drop of butter with half a teaspoon of slightly warmed honey, or drip it onto a crumb of bread.
Clove oil and preparations containing it have a positive effect on the gastrointestinal tract. Clove is an anthelmintic that can normalize acidity, help with colic and flatulence, and eliminate bad breath.
For colds, you can also use clove essential oil. It is a natural antiseptic due to the presence of eugenol in its composition, a substance capable of destroying pathogenic microbes. Inhalation with clove essential oil has a therapeutic effect for bronchitis, pharyngitis, as well as for inflammation of the upper respiratory tract.
During epidemics of colds, you can use aroma lamps with clove oil indoors. They reduce the risk of infection
Clove essential oil is widely used in dentistry. It eases the condition with periodontal disease, caries, pulpitis. Promotes the fastest regeneration of the tissues of the oral cavity.
Clove oil is a feminine aphrodisiac. It enhances libido, normalizes the menstrual cycle, and also regulates too little or, on the contrary, abundant discharge. Essential oil normalizes the tone of the uterus, and sometimes it is even used to treat infertility.
Essential oil of clove in cosmetology
Clove essential oil has found wide application in cosmetology. It is used to treat skin conditions as well as to give healthy looking skin and hair. Clove oil has disinfecting and antiseptic properties and is able to treat acne, boils, pustular inflammations.
Essential oil restores the structure of the epidermis, restores a blooming appearance to tired skin
Clove oil is also used for hair and scalp care. It stimulates blood circulation, nourishes the follicles and thus helps to accelerate hair growth.
Contraindications to the use of clove essential oil
Clove oil is not indicated for all people. It should not be used by pregnant women or people with increased nervous excitability. It can also cause individual reactions. Before using, apply a drop of the oil to your skin and make sure you are not allergic to it.