Description
HOLY BASIL-TULSI (OCIMUM SANCTUM)
In traditional systems of medicine, different parts (leaves, stem, flower, root, seeds and even whole plant) of Ocimum sanctum Linn (known as Tulsi in Hindi), a small herb seen throughout India, have been recommended for the treatment of bronchitis, bronchial asthma, malaria, diarrhea, dysentery, skin diseases.
Tulsi has also been shown to counter metabolic stress through normalization of blood glucose, blood pressure and lipid levels, and psychological stress through positive effects on memory and cognitive function and through its anxiolytic and anti-depressant properties.
USES & EFFECTIVENESS
- Anixety
- Diabetes.
- Stress.
- Common cold.
- Influenza (“the flu”).
- Asthma.
- Bronchitis.
- Earache.
- Headache.
- Stomach upset.
- Heart disease.
- Fever.
- Insomnia.
- Viral hepatitis.
- Malaria.
- Tuberculosis.
- Mercury poisoning.
- Ringworm.
- An antidote to snake and scorpion bites.
