A cough is a natural protective reaction of the body, caused by irritation or infection in the throat or respiratory tract.
Because of eugenol’s anti-inflammatory properties in cloves, researchers are studying if it affects cough-related inflammation.
But you need to understand a main difference here.
• Studies show eugenol has anti-inflammatory properties.
• People have traditionally used cloves for cough and cold discomforts.
• But there are not enough clinical human studies confirming that cloves act as a medicine to cure normal coughs.
Therefore, we cannot confirm that cloves cure a cough.