Syzygium aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllus  丁 香 Dīng xiāng   Clove   Family: Myrtaceae  
Nature- warm   FLAVOR:  Acrid, pungent, sharp   CHANNEL: Stomach, Spleen, Kidney, Lung
FUNCTIONS
GROUP: Warm the Interior and Expel Cold
1. Warm the middle Heater.[1,2,3] Lowers the adverse rising  energy.[2,3] Curtails any bad effects on the body.[1] Pushes Energy downward.[4] Strengthen Stomach.[5] Disperse digestive system- flatulence and burping.[5]
2. Warm the Kidney and strengthen Yang.[2,3,4] Warms the internal region in general.[4]
3. Alleviates pain.[1]
ACTIONS: Antibacterial against only certain bacteria.[5]
 INDICATIONS
 1. Stomach Cold condition with vomiting.[1,2,3,4] Hiccup.[1,2,4] Poor appetite and loose stool.[2,3] Abdominal pain.[1,4] Upset stomach.[4] Diarrhea.[4] Hernia.[1,4] Imperial herb for hiccup or belching due to Stomach cold-[5] with distress in chest, P- slow, low voice.
2. Indigestion- Acute enteritis gastoenteritis.[5] Stomach pain, cold limbs vomiting nausea.[5]
3. Impotence due to Yang deficiency.
4. Pains in the Heart[1].
COMBINATIONS PREPARATIONS: Unexpanded flower buds. Decoction 2-5 g.[3,5]

REMARKS: Cloves should only be used for cool conditions, sometimes hiccupping and vomiting are due to hot conditions. If cloves don't work after 5 min to at most a few hours, they are probably hot symptoms.  Most symptoms of  vomiting and hiccupping are cold symptoms, however and clove may be used for relief.[4]
References
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Research The chemical composition and biological activity of clove essential oil, Eugenia caryophyllata (Syzigium aromaticum L. Myrtaceae): a short review.
Chaieb K, Hajlaoui H, Zmantar T, Kahla-Nakbi AB, Rouabhia M, Mahdouani K, Bakhrouf A.
Abstract
The essential oil extracted from the dried flower buds of clove, Eugenia caryophyllata L. Merr. & Perry (Myrtaceae), is used as a topical application to relieve pain and to promote healing and also finds use in the fragrance and flavouring industries. The main constituents of the essential oil are phenylpropanoids such as carvacrol, thymol, eugenol and cinnamaldehyde. The biological activity of Eugenia caryophyllata has been investigated on several microorganisms and parasites, including pathogenic bacteria, Herpes simplex and hepatitis C viruses. In addition to its antimicrobial, antioxidant, antifungal and antiviral activity, clove essential oil possesses antiinflammatory, cytotoxic, insect repellent and anaesthetic properties. This short review addresses the chemical composition and biological effects of clove essential oil, and includes new results from GC/MS analysis and a study of its antimicrobial activity against a large number of multi-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from dialysis biomaterials.
(c) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Phytother Res. 2007 Jun;21(6):501-6. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Comparative anticancer potential of clove (Syzygium aromaticum)--an Indian spice--against cancer cell lines of various anatomical origin.
Dwivedi V, Shrivastava R, Hussain S, Ganguly C, Bharadwaj M.
Abstract
Spices, active ingredients of Indian cooking, may play important roles in prevention and treatment of various cancers. The objective of the present study is to compare the in vitro anticancer activities of three different extracts of Clove (Syzygium aromaticum L), a commonly used spice and food flavouring agent, against different kinds of cancer cell lines of various anatomical derivations. Water, ethanol and oil extracts were screened for anti proliferative activity against HeLa (cervical cancer), MCF-7 (ER + ve) and MDA-MB-231 (ER - ve) breast cancer, DU-145 prostate cancer and TE-13 esophageal cancer cell lines, along with normal human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Inhibition of cell proliferation was assessed using MTT assay as a vital stain. In the examined five cancer cell lines, the extracts showed different patterns of cell growth inhibition activity, with the oil extract having maximal cytotoxic activity. Morphological analysis and DAPI staining showed cytotoxicity to be a result of cell disruption with subsequent membrane rupture. Maximum cell death and apoptotic cell demise occurred in TE-13 cells within 24 hours by clove oil at 300 μl/ml with 80% cell death whereas DU-145 cells showed minimal cell death. At the same time, no significant cytotoxicity was found in human PBMC's at the same dose. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2011;12(8):1989-93. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov