What are the side effects of eating too many clove seeds?

[Braznor]

Yeah, I'm trying to kick cigarettes at the moment. I used to smoke over 20 sticks a day until I managed to abstain from them around a week ago.

Just to calm my nerves, I took to eating cloves and surprisingly it worked very well

I hardly get cravings now. I can walk past packets of cigarettes without ever having the thought of smoking. I wonder if it was the analgesic within the cloves which caused the cravings to be reduced to zilch?

I have begun to chew around 10-15 clove seeds a day. Since there is nothing called free lunch, I have now begun to worry about the sideeffects of eating raw cloves.

Are there any? Especially with the dosage I have mentioned? I couldn't any info on this on the internet.

 

[DainBramaged]

Clove cigarettes are the only obvious solution.

 

[sjwaste]

How bad are clove cigarettes for you, anyway? I smoked them a bit in college, but I don't smoke anything but the occasional cigar now. I like cloves, though, so I might go buy a pack

 

[Braznor]

But what about the health effects of chewing on too many raw clove seeds? Does it have none?

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: Braznor
But what about the health effects of chewing on too many raw clove seeds? Does it have none?

Too much of anything has health effects.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: sjwaste
How bad are clove cigarettes for you, anyway? I smoked them a bit in college, but I don't smoke anything but the occasional cigar now. I like cloves, though, so I might go buy a pack

There are a lot of rumors about people smoking them and coughing up blood and all of this garbage, but I highly doubt they are any worse than cigarettes.

 

[Mrvile]

Does chewing on cloves or smoking clove cigarettes make your mouth numb for a little bit? I've always wanted to try them but I never got around to it.

 

[Fritzo]

Contrary to popular belief, clove cigarettes, also called kreteks, contain tobacco ? they are made up of 60 - 70 percent tobacco and 30 - 40 percent shredded cloves (a spice). Considering their tobacco content, clove cigarettes are probably as harmful and dangerous as regular cigarettes. As a matter of fact, kreteks may hold even more risk than ordinary smokes. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), clove cigarettes produce at least twice as much nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide as regular American cigarettes brands.

Plus, there may be an additional risk due to their clove content. The major active ingredient in cloves is eugenol, which is a topical anesthetic used in dentistry. The short- and long-term health effects of eugenol are not well known, and little inhalation toxicology research has been done on this substance. However, when smoked, eugenol numbs the throat and impairs the gag reflex. This anesthetizing effect could cause some problems; for example, liquids and/or food could more easily go down the wrong pipe. Smokers may not feel the harshness of the smoke as strongly, so they are more likely to inhale the smoke more deeply and hold it in the lungs for a longer period of time before exhaling. As a result, it's possible, or even likely, that eugenol has the potential to facilitate lung infections, respiratory illnesses, or allergic reactions in certain users, especially in smokers with existing breathing problems and/or other sensitivities.

Although clove cigarette smokers share some adverse health symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, allergic reactions, bronchitis, pneumonia, and coughing up blood, the cause-and-effect relationship between smoking clove cigarettes and these symptoms has not yet been definitively established. Regardless, it seems reasonable to assume that clove cigarettes are as harmful and dangerous or even more so than standard cigarettes.

Clove cigarettes are one of several kinds of alternative smokes. Others include bidis (tiny, inexpensive, flavored dark tobacco containing cigarettes hand rolled with a dried tendu leaf), herbal or vegetable-based cigarettes with no tobacco and nicotine, and additive-free, natural tobacco cigarettes. Often, alternative cigarette smokers are part of the under 30 crowd. People smoke the "alternatives" because they think that they are cool and/or safer, healthier, and more natural to smoke than standard smokes. Cool or not, smoking alternative cigarettes can be as harmful and even dangerous to one's health as regular ones.

 

[AVAFREAK182]

Pee green!

 

[Braznor]

Clove cigarettes are all fine, but what about just chewing on clove seeds?

 

[NiteWulf]

Originally posted by: Wikipedia
Large amounts should be avoided in pregnancy. Cloves can be irritating to the GI tract, and should be avoided by people with gastric ulcers, colitis, or IBS. In overdoses, cloves can cause vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, and upper GI hemorrhage. Severe cases can lead to changes in liver function, dyspnea, loss of consciousness, hallucination, and even death.[6] The internal use of the essential oil should be restricted to 3 drops per day for an adult as excessive use can cause severe kidney damage.

Overdose is possible, causing a wide range of symptoms from blood in the patient's urine, to convulsions, diarrhea, nausea, unconsciousness, dizziness, or rapid heartbeat. Eugenol may cause allergic contact dermatitis with the skin.

Health & Safety information

Eugenol should be avoided by people with perfume allergy.

Looks like you don't want to use them over a long period of time, but 10-15 seeds shouldn't be anywhere near three drops of the oil

 

[FoBoT]

you'll p00p clove seeds