Easy Clove Tea Recipe
Clove – Eugenia caryophyllus – is a common spice known to be warming and aromatic. This Easy Clove Tea Recipe is useful for its anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, and warming potential. Avoid with pregnancy, breastfeeding, young children, or for those with liver disease or those taking anti-coagulants. Avoid with young children. Healthy adults: do not exceed 1 cup a day.
By: Kathy Sadowski, MS in Aromatherapy, Registered Aromatherapist, LMT, RYT
Easy Clove Tea Recipe Ingredietns
- 8 cloves, crushed
- 4 slices of lemon
- 4 cups of water
- Honey to taste
Easy Clove Tea Recipe Instructions
Boil water. Add cloves and turn off the heat. Steep about 10 minutes. Strain out cloves, and add lemon and honey to taste.
Easy Clove Tea Recipe Research
- In a mega-analysis of over 500 studies on essential oil antimicrobial activity, spices and herbs of thyme, origanum, mint, cinnamon, salvia and clove had the strongest antimicrobial properties. From: Kalemba, D., & Kunicka, A. (2003). Antibacterial and antifungal properties of essential oils. Current medicinal chemistry, 10(10), 813-829.
- Clove, kaffir lime peels, cardamom, coriander, and cumin showed various antibacterial activities. From: Nanasombat, S., & Lohasupthawee, P. (2005). Antibacterial activity of crude ethanolic extracts and essential oils of spices against Salmonellae and other enterobacteria. Kmitl Sci. Tech. J, 5(3), 527-538.
- Clove was antimicrobial against oral pathogens. From: Cai, L., & Wu, C. D. (1996). Compounds from Syzygium aromaticum possessing growth inhibitory activity against oral pathogens. Journal of Natural Products, 59(10), 987-990.
- Cinnamon bark and clove bud oil were among the natural substances effective against oral bacteria. From: Saeki, Y., Ito, Y., Shibata, M., Sato, Y., Okuda, K., & Takazoe, I. (1989). Antimicrobial action of natural substances on oral bacteria. The Bulletin of Tokyo Dental College, 30(3), 129-135.
- Clove oil showed strong antibacterial activity against multiple bacteria. From: Saeed, S., & Tariq, P. (2008). In vitro antibacterial activity of clove against Gram negative bacteria. Pakistan J Botany, 40(5), 2157-2160.
- Clove oil possessed anti-inflammatory and peripheral antinociceptive activities. From: Daniel, A. N., Sartoretto, S. M., Schmidt, G., Caparroz-Assef, S. M., Bersani-Amado, C. A., & Cuman, R. K. N. (2009). Anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive activities A of eugenol essential oil in experimental animal models. Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 19(1B), 212-217.
- The study tested anaesthetic activity of β-caryophyllene, one of the main components of clove oil from S. aromaticum. From: Ghelardini, C., Galeotti, N., Mannelli, L. D. C., Mazzanti, G., & Bartolini, A. (2001). Local anaesthetic activity of β-caryophyllene. Il Farmaco, 56(5), 387-389.
- Clove and eugenol exerted immunomodulatory/anti-inflammatory effects. From: Bachiega, T. F., de Sousa, J. P. B., Bastos, J. K., & Sforcin, J. M. (2012). Clove and eugenol in noncytotoxic concentrations exert immunomodulatory/anti‐inflammatory action on cytokine production by murine macrophages. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 64(4), 610-616
- Phytochemicals derived from spices can reduce inflammatory diseases. These include: turmeric (curcumin), red pepper (capsaicin), cloves (eugenol), ginger (gingerol), cumin, anise (anethol), fennel (anethol), basil (ursolic acid), rosemary (ursolic acid), garlic (diallyl sulfide, S-allylmercaptocysteine, and ajoene), and pomegranate (ellagic acid). From: Aggarwal, B. B., & Shishodia, S. (2004). Suppression of the Nuclear Factor‐κB Activation Pathway by Spice‐Derived Phytochemicals: Reasoning for Seasoning. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1030(1), 434-441.
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