Clove belongs to aromatic spices and is one of the most fragrant varieties of all spices. Its smell is rich, with rich sweet and spicy fruit fragrance, slightly bitter and astringent. Clove can deodorize, remove foreign flavor, enhance fragrance and taste when eaten. Widely used in sauces, marinades, roasting, steaming, boiling, stewing and other dishes. It is also the raw material of many kinds of compound spices.

Cloves can be used for the following purposes:

1. Cloves are mainly used to make condiments such as meat, cakes, pickled food, roasted seeds and nuts, candied fruit and drinks.

2. Hiccup caused by cold stomach and delayed pulse can be used with persimmon, ginseng and ginger.

3. For patients with cold pain in the heart for a long time, it can be used with cinnamon and dried ginger.

4. It can be compatible with Cinnamomum cassia, Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata and Colla cornus Cervi, and can be used for patients with kidney-yang deficiency, impotence and nocturnal emission, cold infertility and cold pain in waist and knees.

5. For patients with cold hernia and abdominal pain, it can be combined with Fructus Toosendan, Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata and Fructus Foeniculi.

6. Cooking purposes: as a seasoning, it can correct the taste and enhance the fragrance. It is often used to make marinated vegetables, cakes and drinks. It is also one of the raw materials of "spiced powder" and "curry powder".