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Commodities that inspires Fragrant Cloves
Cloves, it was not only famous as a material product manufacturing cigarettes. In Europe, Asia and especially Indonesia as the owner of this commodity native plants, clove is used as a spice. Usually used in the form of whole or powdered product. Incense from Japan and China also use cloves as a material of manufacture. And, not to mention various other products that fill the needs of society both in the world of business and health industry.
For example, clove oil is also used as an ingredient to treat toothache and aroma therapy. Because essential oils of clove anesthetics and antimicrobial function. Because of clove oil is often used as a remedy to eliminate bad breath odors and toothache. The doctors use a substance that contained eugenol in clove to soothe the nerves of teeth. Even Japanese people use this as an ingredient of clove oil mixture to treat the surface of their swords.
Historical notes, cloves have become expensive since the first. In Roman times, clove appreciated very expensive just like nutmeg and pepper. In the Han Dynasty of China in the fourth century also issued rules unique. In order to maintain the fragrance of the breath when meeting the emperor, everyone is required to first chew cloves.
The Arabs in the Middle Ages also makes the clove as a tool exchange, then in the 15th century the Portuguese took over the street on the Sea exchange of India. Where is the takeover of the clove trade was also carried out with Spanish through Tordesilas agreement, and agreement with the Sultan of Ternate. Furthermore, the supply of European cloves filled the Portuguese who managed to bring a lot of cloves from the Moluccas. So precious cloves, even for one kilogram only rewarded with 7 grams of gold.
Although in the 17th century and then dominated the clove trade the Dutch nation, but the French people finally able to develop clove trees in Mauritius in 1770, where the same was done in Guyana, Brazil and Zanzibar. The high cost of imported cloves in England in the 17th century and 18th centuries, and even had time to make the product is priced equal to the price of gold.
Indonesia as the country's largest clove producer in the world, was still problematic with the business needs of the domestic supply of cloves. For the production of cloves in the ground water is currently only reaches about 83 thousand tons per year. While the land that is used approximately 455 thousand hectares and 98 percent of them used to people's plantations. And approximately 16.25 percent of these plants are not productive or even damaged.
In terms of these commodities contribute and providing raw materials for cigarettes. At least the condition is of course to increase farmers' income clove and open employment and business.
The data of Directorate General of Plantation Department of Agriculture in 2005, mentioned, excise tobacco companies in 2004 reached USD 31.439 billion and increased to Rp 37.7 trillion in 2005. While exports of cloves in the same year for the country India, Thailand and Vietnam reached 7680 tonnes, with export value amounting to 14,916 U.S. dollars. And its imports amounted to 0.55 tons, or approximately 0.77 U.S. dollars.
Warm and fragrant Healthy
Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum), a shrub species which usually have a large tree trunk and woody hard. Clove is also known as a tree that can survive for hundreds of years with a height that can reach 20 to 30 meters.
Generally, the clove will bear fruit for the first time at age 4 to 7 years. Growth clove would be perfect if environmental conditions have adequate water supplies as well as direct sunlight. In ground water, cloves suitable to be planted in lowland areas near the coast and the mountains at an altitude of about 900 meters above sea level.
So far, clove is used as a flagship product for the health. Because the chemical properties and pharmacological effects create a sense of warm clove, pungent, aromatic, berhasiat as a stimulant (stimulant), antiseptic, laxative fart (icarminative), local anesthetic, relieve colic and cough medicine. While the chemical constituents of cloves in the form of carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, fat, protein and eugenol.
In traditional medicine it is known to have various benefits of cloves, among others, to treat toothache, sinusitis, nausea, vomiting, bloating, colds, headaches, stomach ulcers, cough, delayed menstruation, rheumatism, measles and many more.
Clove oil (Eugenia Aromatica) which is a product of the distillation of dried clove bud powder (clove oil), clove bud stalk powder (clove stem oil) and leaf dry clove (clove leaf oil), dentists are often used as a painkiller. In addition, this product is also used in the pharmaceutical industry, food flavorings and fragrances.
While several other benefits to be gained from eating cloves, which can treat illness cholera, increase heart rate, measles and blacken the eyebrows. To heal the sick cholera and increase heart rate, should be done with interest mengunyak clove every day. Because clove oil to strengthen the intestinal and gastric secretions and increase the number of white blood.
Drinking water immersion ten clove flower seeds soaked in water overnight and added cooked sugar cube, can also heal the sick with measles. And as much as 5 to 7 dried clove flower seeds that were burned and finely ground and mixed with hazelnut oil can also blacken the eyebrows. Application of the process is done in the afternoon. Known, clove flower, in addition to containing essential oils, also contain a chemical compound called eugenol, oleanolat acid, acid galotanat, fenilin, karyofilin and resins.
Clove Exotic Souvenirs
Affairs of clove, the hands of Jeff Kristianto, a resident of Jalan Legian Kaja 457 A Kuta, Bali turned out to be more interesting. This man was not caught with the use of clove for this is usually not far from the affairs of cigarettes, spices, health and the fragrances. A unique idea appears dibenaknya.
With diligence, Jeff shared a dozen employees who are blind people doing process development function cloves into an amazing handicraft products. Like the ornate lamps, pottery, baskets, and many other unique items.
Thanks kejeliannya capture market opportunities, his exotic souvenir products is finally widely known. Even managed to export to the United States and Spain.
Jeff waterfall process into the souvenir business was due to his interest with cloves cloves interesting shape and has a fragrant odor. In addition, he also wants for its product buyer to know if the material used comes from herbs native to Indonesia.
Jeff is indeed a business form eventually coloring the world of art and business souvenirs. In addition to utilizing the commodity in the country to make creations with a touch of art technique of high power, at least Jeff also provide employment opportunities to many parties, especially the blind. One thing that should be emulated. And it all started just because he liked to look at the texture and scent of clove fragrance.
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