Basil Plant- Tulsi

Basil plant most popularly known as Tulsi or holy basil has been used for thousands of years in Ayurveda for its diverse healing properties. The Basil or Tulsi plant has many medicinal properties. It is often referred as queen of herbs. This sacred plant is found in almost every Indian household.

For over 5000 years tulsi is acclaimed for its healing properties of the mind, body and spirit.

Known benefits

• The leaves strengthen the stomach and help in respiratory diseases.

• Basil has strengthening effect on the kidney. Basil has strengthening effect on the kidney. A mixture of basil leaves juice and honey for 6 months helps expel the stones via the urinary tract.

• Basil leaves are regarded as anti-stress agents. It purifies blood and helps prevent several common elements.

• The miraculous healing properties of Holy Basil come mainly from its essential oils and the phytonutrients contained in it. Holy Basil is an excellent antibiotic, germicidal, fungicidal and disinfectant agent and very efficiently protects our body from all sorts of bacterial, viral and fungal infections.

• Tulsi, along with curing viral, bacterial and fungal infections of the respiratory system, gives miraculous relief in congestion due to the presence of components like Camphene, Eugenol and Cineole in its essential oils.

• Tulsi is very beneficial in the treatment of asthma, since it relieves congestion and facilitates smoother breathing.

• Tender Tulsi leaves boiled in water act as a preventive against malaria and dengue fever.

• Holy Basil contains vitamin-C and other antioxidants such as eugenol, which protect the heart from the harmful effects of free radicals.

• They soothe the nerves, lower blood pressure, reduce inflammation and thus reduce stress.
• Holy Basil destroys the bacteria that are responsible for dental cavities, plaque, tartar, and bad breath, while also protecting the teeth
• Try taking a daily bath with a decoction of Holy Basil mixed with your bathwater, washing your face with it, or simply applying the paste of its leaves on an infected area of the skin in case of skin diseases.

• Headaches caused due to migraines, sinus pressure, cough and cold, or high blood pressure can be effectively controlled by the use of a single tulsi serving.

• It is considered as a tonic to retain youth and avoid premature aging.
• It also soothes eye inflammation and reduces stress. Regular consumption can protect your eyes from much of the damage done by the free radicals

• Tulsi being a detoxifier and a mild diuretic, helps to reduce the uric acid level in the body.

• Tulsi is an excellent mouth freshener and oral disinfectant and its freshness lasts for a very long time.

•  The compounds like vitamin-C, Camphene, Eugenol and Cineole that are present in the essential oils of tulsi do not only cure the infections in the lungs, but also cure congestion of the lungs.