The natural ingredients of theClove tincture dropsare: water, alcohol, clove.
We use the blossom to produce these very valuable drops.
Botanically speaking, cloves are not related to carnations. They come from the clove tree, which is native to Madagascar, Zanzibar, and Indonesia.
The Arabs first brought cloves to Europe. Because cloves came from far away along dangerous routes, they were highly valuable. They were used as a spice only on special occasions—for example, at Christmas.
The first European mention of cloves dates back to the 4th century: Emperor Constantine presented cloves as a gift to Pope Sylvester I. Cloves were so precious that they were worth their weight in gold.
When the plague and other epidemics raged in the Middle Ages, cloves were used as a disinfectant. Plague doctors wore clove necklaces around their necks and chewed clove buds to reduce the risk of infection.
Hildegard von Bingen (1098 – 1179), Paracelsus (1492 – 1541) and Sebastian Kneipp (1821 – 1897) already praised the use of cloves as a herbal remedy.
Botanically speaking, the clove tree belongs to the myrtle family. This evergreen tree grows in a pyramidal shape up to 20 meters tall and has dark green, leathery leaves up to 10 cm long. Umbel-shaped flower buds form at the tips of the clove tree's branches. When the petals of the closed buds turn reddish, they can be harvested and dried. The dried, dark brown flower buds are 1 to 2 cm long and consist of a stem-like calyx and a spherical flower head.
