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| Common Uses: |
Cancer Prevention *
Colds *
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IBS *
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Demulcent*
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Diaphoretic*
Expectorant*
Carminative*
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Laxative*
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Leaves, essential oil |
| Constituents: | ascorbic-acid, beta-carotene , beta-sitosterol, carvacrol, eugenol, linoleic-acid, methyl-chavicol , oleic-acid, mucilage , palmitic-acid , saponins,stearic-acid, tannin |
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Holy Basil has been used for thousands of years the traditional medicinal of India, Ayurveda treatment. Known to Hindus as Tulsi the plant is also used in reglious ceremonies. Holy Basil is used in ayurvedic medicine for common colds, headaches, stomach disorders, inflammation, heart disease, various forms of poisoning, and malaria.1
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Certified Organic Holy Basil | | Ocimum sanctum Origin- India There are three distinct varieties of Tulsi: Vana, which grows wild in the forests, Krishna, which is entirely purple, and Rama, the most commonly found type. The type offered by Mountain Rose Herbs is of the Rama variety |
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Preparation Methods & Dosage :Teas, dried powder, fresh leaf, or mixed with ghee. Holy Basil essential oil is used in skin preparations and cosmetics.
 Remedies using : Holy Basil
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Ocimum tenuiflorum
The holy basil plant looks very similar to other basils, with slender leaves, hairy purplish stems, and purple flower bracts. The leaves and the essential oil have a light musky scent with a warming hint of mint and cloves. It has a refreshing, pleasant smell, so keeping a plant in your home can purify the air.
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Related Species
Ocimum basilicum, Sweet Basil
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Tulsi is sweet, pungent, astringent, and healing with a pungent vipaka. It increases pitta, and decreases vata and kapha. Tulsi is good for fever, cough, and breathlessness.
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 Hindus beleive holy basil is pervaded by the essence of Vishnu and his wife Lakshmi, and is itself worshipped daily as a deity. The plant is considered especially a woman's diety, as an embodiment of Lakshmi, or of Rama's wife Sita, or of Krishna's wife Rukmini. Women worship it with offerings of rice and flowers.3 |
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- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocimum_sanctum(2010)
- Ayurvedic Cooking for Self Healing
(2006)Usha Lad & Dr. Vasant Lad.
- Sir James George Frazer The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. II. Part 1 (1890).
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