Clove

Cloves

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Clove helps you relieve period pain.

Clove

Japanese
Cho-ko (丁香)

Clove is a dried flower bud from the clove tree and is known as an anti-inflammatory spice.
It is categorized as a warm food in Yakuzen, meaning that it warms up your organs and improves blood circulation.
This action helps you with period cramps.
It's believed that stomach energy coming upward causes burps and hiccups and this is something clove can help you.
Clove warms up your spleen and stomach and sends stomach energy downward which helps you stop those symptoms.

Nature – Warm(温)
Channels – Spleen (脾), Stomach (胃), Kidney (腎), Lung (肺)
Flavor – Pungent (辛)

How does clove help you?

  1. Warm up your spleen and stomach, send stomach energy downward, and relieve pains due to the cold.
  2. Warm up your kidneys and increase yang energy.

Good for the following symptoms

  1. Nausea due to the cold
  2. Burps
  3. Hiccups
  4. Vomiting
  5. Poor appetite
  6. Period cramps
  7. Stomach pain due to the cold

Cautions

It's very important to know about your body conditions before choosing foods.
Do not eat too much of particular foods at once.
Do not eat the foods you are allergic to.
There are foods to avoid if you are pregnant / have a disease. Ask your doctor before you start Yakuzen.