| Chinese Name | 丁香 | |
| Chinese Pinyin | Dingxiang |
| English Name | Clove |
| Latin Pharmaceutical Name | Caryophylli Flos |
| Category | Flowers |
| Origin | The dried flower bud of Eugenia caryophyllata Thunb.(Myrtaceae). |
| Production Regions | Primarily produced in Zanzibar Island of Tanzania, as well as Malaysia and Indonesia. In China, it has been introduced into cultivation in the provinces of Hainan and Guangdong. |
| Macroscopic Features | Slightly appears short-pestle-shape, 1.5~2cm; reddish-brown to dark brown; lower portion is slightly flat cylindrical calyx tube, 1~1.3cm long, 5mm wide, 3mm thick; base is gradually narrow, rough, diffuses oil when carving; calyx tube has 4 triangular sepals separated in across shape; upper portion is nearly globe-shaped, 6mm diameter, with 4 petals embracing each other. After cutting the bud, numerous stamens can be seen, filament curve towards the center, center has one thick strong and erect style; firm and heavy texture, sinks when put into water; fractured surface is oily, diffuses oil out when cut by nails; intensely aromatic odor; acrid taste. |
| Quality Requirements | Superior medicinal material is large, thick and strong, fresh purple-brown, with intensely aromatic odor and oily. |
| Properties | Sweet; warm. |
| Functions | Warms stomach, warms kidney. Apply to cold stomach and swelling pain, hiccup, vomiting and diarrhea, impediment, colic, ozostomia, toothache. |
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| Link | Medicinal Plant Images Database Phytochemical Image Database Chinese Medicine Formulae Images Database |
