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Cloves: Warming The Body For Winter Healing

November 10, 2022
Posted by: Dr. Martha Lucas
Category: Blog

It’s time to warm up for a lot of us who live in what can be colder climates during this season of the year.

Today we’re going to talk about the herb cloves.

•The main ingredient in cloves is an essential oil, which has antiseptic, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antispasmodic and anesthetic properties.

•In traditional Chinese medicine cloves have bitter and warm properties and are associated with the Spleen, Stomach, and Kidney meridians.

•Its functions are to dispel cold, warm the middle burner, push rebellious stomach qi downward, and warm kidney yang.

•Among the conditions treated by cloves when caused by Spleen Qi Deficiency are hiccoughs, poor appetite, nausea, diarrhea, weakness and paresthesia in the lower limbs, and impotence.

•Powdered cloves can be taken internally to treat diarrhea and nausea and to improve appetite.

•Clove oil is used as a mouthwash, in a dose of 1 to 5 percent diluted essential oil to 95-99 percent water.

•Cloves should not be used in cases of external heat or yin deficiency.

•Concentrated doses of clove oil may cause an irritation of the mucus membranes; in these instances, use of clove oil should be discontinued.

If you would like to learn more about herbs and foods to use as medicine, check out the online class Herbs and Acupuncture guide for more than 20 D&Ds/over 160 informational slides.

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Author:drmartha

Dr. Lucas is uniquely qualified in the field of Chinese Medicine because she holds a Ph.D. in Research Psychology a well as her certification and licensing to practice Traditional Chinese Medicine. Lucas has more than 20 years of teaching and speaking experience and is described as "a dynamic speaker who keeps her classes engaged and who can explain complex information in an understandable form." She is internationally known for teaching and training Practitioners the Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture System. As well as teaching Cosmetic Acupuncture, she teaches practitioners how to properly take care of their patients’ skin using My Zen Skin Care products. Her other course offerings include the Pulse Diagnosis and Biofeedback Internship where practitioners study under her mentorship to learn to be better, more effective diagnosticians. Her private practice is based in Denver and in Littleton Colorado where she specializes in internal medicine: diagnosis and treatment of serious chronic illness and, of course, Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture. Dr. Lucas has been interviewed about Cosmetic Acupuncture and skin care by many publications including The NewYork Times and USA Today and is the author of several books: Pulse Diagnosis: Beyond Slippery and Wiry, Cosmetic Acupuncture Works! Your guide to Cosmetic Acupuncture for anti-aging, The My Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture workbook included with course registration, and You don’t need Botox (out of print). Her latest book projects are Sex Sucks: What we can do about it, and for children, The Skeleton in a Tutu gets Acupuncture.