Deep Dive

Clove

Warm, woody, and wonderfully aromatic—meet dōTERRA's Clove Essential Oil! Traditionally cherished for its mouth-cleansing benefits, this versatile oil goes far beyond just freshening your breath. Its primary chemical components, eugenol and β-caryophyllene, support healthy digestive, nervous, and cardiovascular systems when taken internally.


Fun Fact

Clove's name comes from the Latin word claves, meaning "nail," due to the shape of the flower buds from which it is distilled. 

Perfect Pairings

Clove oil blends seamlessly with spicy and woody oils like Wild Orange, Frankincense, Cassia, and Cedarwood.It also complements sweet and herbaceous oils like Roman Chamomile and Fennel.

How Can You Use Clove?

From energizing massages to delicious recipes, Clove essential oil has a myriad of everyday uses that make it an invaluable addition to any home.

Clove essential oil is a powerful antioxidant with strong anaesthetic qualities, making it very useful for relieving pain. It has been used time out of mind for dental issues and teething pain. This warm and spicy oil is much used in cooking as well, in both savoury and sweet dishes. It pairs well with other spices as well as with citrus oils and sweet herbaceous oils like Roman Chamomile. 

It's Super Easy to Use!

  • Aromatically: Add 3-4 drops in your favourite diffuser.
  • Topically: Dilute with carrier oil and apply as needed.
  • Internally: Use one drop in a Veggie Cap or diluted in water.
Some Fantastic Uses for Clove Oil

  • Oral Care: Add a drop to your toothpaste or gargle with water for a cleansed, refreshed mouth.
  • Warm Massage: Blend it with Fractionated Coconut Oil for a soothing, warm massage.
  • Cooking & Baking: Spice up your recipes, from pumpkin pie to gingerbread cookies!
  • DIY Skincare: Make a homemade sugar scrub with autumn scents like Clove, Cassia, and Ginger oils.
doTERRA's pursuit of purity is a never-ending journey. The essential oil industry is inundated with adulterated oils, with experts estimating nearly 80% of available oils to be adulterated or contaminated in some way. Take a journey with doTERRA into Mananjary, Madagascar to better understand how easily clove adulteration is exploited to profit middlemen. doTERRA provides its clove farmers with fair payments for their product, and farmers ensure their product is pure in return.

Put Clove To Work

Diffuser Blends

Emotional Healing with Clove


Clove is the oil of boundaries.  It is a good oil to use when you need courage and clear boundaries, or when you need to feel protected, courageous, capable and independent. Clove helps you be proactive, to stand up for yourself and live in integrity. 

Use Clove when you feel victimized, dominated, defeated or enslaved, or when you feel intimidated, controlled, codependent or when you fear rejection. Clove gives you strength to break free of patterns of exploitation. 

Inhale from the bottle, diffuse it, or place a drop in your hands and inhale deeply. To use Clove topically, dilute 1-2 drops with carrier oil and apply to the bottoms of the feet or to the lower abdomen. (Note: Clove is considered a hot oil, so use caution when applying it topically.) To use it internally, take 1-2 drops under the tongue, in a capsule, or in water.

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