Clove
Flos Caryophylli, Caryophylli Flos
Ding Xiang

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; warm

Part(s) used

Flower bud

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To warm the spleen and stomach, to regulate the adverse flow of the stomach qi, and to restore the kidney yang.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Stomach cold with retching counterflow, hiccough, cold pain in stomach duct and abdomen, reduced food intake and diarrhea, kidney vacuity impotence, vacuity cold in lumbus and knees, yin flat abscess.