How to distinguish male cloves from female cloves

the difference

Clove

Cloves refer to the flower buds of cloves, which are often used as medicine. The effects of male cloves and female cloves are similar. Both have the function of warming the stomach and kidneys. They are often used to treat stomach cold, stomach bloating and pain, vomiting, nausea, hernia, bad breath, toothache, etc. However, the medicinal effects of male cloves and female cloves are different. The medicinal effect of male cloves is stronger, while the medicinal effect of female cloves is slightly inferior. Therefore, most of the medicines used are basically male cloves. Cloves can also be used to extract clove oil for medicinal use, which helps relieve nausea and vomiting and increase digestion ability to a certain extent.

Mother clove

Mother cloves refer to the mature fruits of cloves, which are usually dried and used as a spice. The shape of the dried fruits is oval or ovate.