History
Cloves were important in the earliest spice trade and are believed to be indigenous to the Moluccas, or Spice Islands, of Indonesia. It is also used to flavour many foods, particularly meats and bakery products. In Europe and the US, the spice is a characteristic flavouring in Christmas holiday fare, such as wassail and mincemeat.Ingredients
Bontanical Name: Eugenia caryophyllata
Origin: Indonesia
Method of Extraction: Steam distillation
Plant Part:Leaves
Note: Top
Vaporisation: Add 5-10 drops of essential oil into warm water by using diffuser.
Massage: Add 4-5 drops of essential oil into 10ml of carrier oil for facial or body massage or as a home-made body oil after shower. It is very good for muscular and spiritual relaxation.
Bathing: Add 8-10 drops for a full bath. It can stimulates blood circulation and is ideal way to relax.
Inhalation: Add 3-5 drops of essential oil into a bowl of steaming water. Place a towel over the head, close your eyes and inhale deeply. It can help to relieve physical and mental stress, especially headache and respiratory system problems.
Clay mask (Cleansing and Whitening): Add 1-2 drops of essential oils to the mixtures of floral water and clay mask.
Personal skin care product (e.g Shampoo,Bath Gel,Facial cream etc.): Add 4-5drops of essential oils to your own skin care products, create the unique personalised skin care products.
Perfume: Add 4-5 drops of essential oils and 4-10 drops of solubiliser into 10ml water to create your own personalised perfume.
Contra-indication: Avoid during pregnancy
Blending Base Measurement:
1% Essential oil in (5/10/30/50/100)mL = (1/2/6/10/20) drops per volume of essential oil respectively
2% Essential oil in (5/10/30/50/100)mL = (2/4/12/20/40) drops per volume of essential oil respectively
2.5% Essential oil in (5/10/30/50/100)mL = (3/5/15/25/30) drops per volume of essential oil respectively
Eye care = 0.5% Face = 1% - 2% Adult full body = 2% - 2.5%
*Remarks: Thin oil can apply onto skin directly. Thick oil is sticky, diluted with thin oil will be better
Proportion: Thick Oil 10-20%Thin Oil 80-90%
Antibacterial activity The clove essential oil has the strongest antibacterial activity against all 100 different isolates belonging to 10 different species of Gram-negative bacteria tested in the experiment compared to aqueous infusion and decoction of clove. standard disc diffusion method was used to test the antibacterial activity. Essential oil of clove exhibited maximum activity against V. cholerae with 23.75 mm mean diameter of zone of inhibition and against all tested bacteria with ranged between 11.87mm and 18.86mm. (the tested bacteria is E. coli, P . mirabilis, P . aeruginosa, E. aerogenes, K. ozaenae, K. pneumoniae, S. marcescens, S. typhi, S. dysentriae and V . cholerae ) Source: Saeed, S., & Tariq, P. (2008). In vitro antibacterial activity of clove against Gram negative bacteria. Pak. J. Bot, 40(5), 2157-2160. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.523.451&rep=rep1&type=pdf Antioxidant activity Clove essential oil shows a strong antioxidant activity(with are susceptible to quench free radical) because the natural compound such as eugenol are attributed the antioxidant properties. The clove essential oil was able to reduce the stable radical DPPH to the yellow-coloured DPPH-H reaching 50% of reduction with an IC50 of 0.2 μg/ml. ( The ability of the essential oil to act as a donor for hydrogen atoms or electrons in the transformation of DPPH radical into its reduced form DPPH-H was measured spectrophotometrically). Source: Chaieb, K., Zmantar, T., Ksouri, R., Hajlaoui, H., Mahdouani, K., Abdelly, C., & Bakhrouf, A. (2007). Antioxidant properties of the essential oil of Eugenia caryophyllata and its antifungal activity against a large number of clinical Candida species. Mycoses, 50(5), 403-406. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01391.x?casa_token=vPea-QVTowwAAAAA%3A0V3QSFEzIhMv0AzPpjn-igmGW3AI7SqTqbz4DNoBefJ35iLWjiVpCxSVAwlq5-nlSgIzx7_-6dyfvk9U Antifungal activity Clove essential oil exhibits antifungal activity against a large number of human pathogenic fungi. The clove essential oil has a significant effect against pathogenic Candida species which may cause infection in people such as Candida albicans. Among all tested Candida species, C. sake gave the highest value of the mean of diameter inhibition growth (21 mm) Source: Kouidhi, B., Zmantar, T., & Bakhrouf, A. (2010). Anticariogenic and cytotoxic activity of clove essential oil (Eugenia caryophyllata) against a large number of oral pathogens. Annals of microbiology, 60(4), 599-604. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01391.x?casa_token=vPea-QVTowwAAAAA%3A0V3QSFEzIhMv0AzPpjn-igmGW3AI7SqTqbz4DNoBefJ35iLWjiVpCxSVAwlq5-nlSgIzx7_-6dyfvk9U Anticariogenic activity Clove essential oil can prevent oral diseases such as dental caries due to its antimicrobial activity. The study showed that clove essential oil is very effective at a very low concentration (3 mg) against a large number of oral bacteria and yeast associated with dental caries such as Streptococcus mutans with the second highest value of mean of diameter inhibition growth (16.1mm) Source: Kouidhi, B., Zmantar, T., & Bakhrouf, A. (2010). Anticariogenic and cytotoxic activity of clove essential oil (Eugenia caryophyllata) against a large number of oral pathogens. Annals of microbiology, 60(4), 599-604. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01391.x?casa_token=vPea-QVTowwAAAAA%3A0V3QSFEzIhMv0AzPpjn-igmGW3AI7SqTqbz4DNoBefJ35iLWjiVpCxSVAwlq5-nlSgIzx7_-6dyfvk9U Reference Saeed, S., & Tariq, P. (2008). In vitro antibacterial activity of clove against Gram negative bacteria. Pak. J. Bot, 40(5), 2157-2160. Chaieb, K., Zmantar, T., Ksouri, R., Hajlaoui, H., Mahdouani, K., Abdelly, C., & Bakhrouf, A. (2007). Antioxidant properties of the essential oil of Eugenia caryophyllata and its antifungal activity against a large number of clinical Candida species. Mycoses, 50(5), 403-406. Kouidhi, B., Zmantar, T., & Bakhrouf, A. (2010). Anticariogenic and cytotoxic activity of clove essential oil (Eugenia caryophyllata) against a large number of oral pathogens. Annals of microbiology, 60(4), 599-604.