Talk:Oil of cloves

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I differ about the Marathon Man information. The scene is quite famous, and it is the first association many people have with the phrase "oil of cloves." Suggest reverting.

I think it's kind of useless myself. Considering redoing the article..may remove it. --Dom0803 00:53, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Itch

I once used clove oil against an itch cuased by an worm under my skin that would have otherwise kept me awake. It worked like a miracle. But this is sort of medicinal info, so I won't enter it myself. DirkvdM 07:07, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I added a link to this talkpage in the event of other remedies, like yours. --Dom0803 12:57, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oral Use / NPOV / Unsourced

I find it troubling that this article is offering medical advice without citing its sources.

Obviously, there's more going on here than just sourcing: the oral use section needs a fair amount of cleanup to bring it to clear English usage. ("It" is sometimes necessary? Who recommends what doesn't touch skin or gums?) But I don't want to clean it up without first having some sources for the statements. "Extremely fast and extremely well" needs to be sourced before it can be considered NPOV, statements about "necessity" similarly need sourcing, and statements about dosages and appropriate uses absolutely need to be sourced. Sanguinity 22:15, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I attempted to revise to make more consistent with the limited scientific literature. Preczewski 20:12, 27 December 2006 (UTC)