Cloves Strengthen The Immune System

By Author: Dr. Victor Marchione
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Your immune system is very complex. It has a set of
pathways that allow your body to respond to foreign
invaders such as bacteria, viruses, and other infectious
agents, as well as foreign material such as pollen. It's an
amazingly powerful alternative cure for disease. Your
immune system consists of a bunch of different types of
cells, each of which have a specific task assigned to them in
the defense of your body.

Basically, your immune system is divided into two main
parts: "humoral immunity" and "cell-mediated immunity."
So what's the difference? Humoral immunity deals with
infectious agents in your blood and body tissues. Cell-
mediated immunity, on the other hand, deals with body
cells that have been infected. In general, the humoral
system is managed by B-cells (with help from T-cells), and
the cell-mediated system is managed by T-cells. Together,
these two systems can help protect you from just about

anything -- in fact, they take on this task every single day
of your life.

What's one way to boost your ...
... humoral immunity? This is
the system that protects your blood and tissues after all, and
it deserves a little help to do its very important job. Try
adding cloves to your diet. Researchers have recently found
that clove oil could significantly increase your humoral
immune response.

Researchers at the Department of Pharmacology,
University College of Medical Sciences, in Delhi, India
conducted a trial involving the essential oil of clove. They
tested the effect of the oil on red blood cells and found it
caused a significant increase in the primary as well as
secondary humoral immune response.

It's not difficult to add some cloves to your diet. The spice
is popular and is often used to add a sweet and aromatic
taste to pumpkin pie, muffins, cookies, and breads. Cloves
are also added to many entrees.

Clove contains significant amounts of an active ingredient
called "eugenol." This ingredient has been the subject of
numerous health studies, including studies on the
prevention of toxicity from environmental pollutants like
carbon tetrachloride, digestive tract cancers, and joint
inflammation.

Cloves are an excellent source of manganese, a very good
source of dietary fiber, vitamin C, and omega-3 fatty acids,
and a good source of calcium and magnesium -- all things
that can boost your nutritional health. Cloves can also act
as a digestive aid.

When using clove oil, keep in mind that the oil is very
strong and can cause irritation if used in its pure form. Get
your doctor's advice before applying clove oil topically.
You can dilute the clove oil in olive oil or distilled water
before applying topically. Remember that it is not
recommended that you take clove oil internally -- use the
ground spice instead.

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