What are the medicinal benefits of Basil leaves?
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Tulasi plant in your garden is like a doctor in your house.
Tulsi or the holy basil, worshiped by Hindu religious tradition is considered as herbal remedy for a lot of common ailments.
Tropical warm climate is ideal to grow tulsi.
Healing power:
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The leaves:
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Are a nerve tonics and sharpens memory.
Helps in the removal of phlegm from the bronchial tube.
Strengthen the stomach and induce copious perspiration.
Acts as a preventive from fevers like malaria and dengue that are prevalent during rainy season.(Tender leaves boiled with tea acts as preventive)
The juice of tulsi leaves can be used to bring down fever. In case of acute fever decoction of tulsi leaves with sugar and milk helps bring down the temperature.
Chewing tulsi leaves relieves cold and flu.
Gargling with basil leaves water helps relieve sore throat.
The herb is useful in the treatment of respiratory system disorder.
Helps in curing any kind of pediatric ailments, mouth infection and teeth.
disorder.
These are only general guidelines as a first aid.
For further info please browse through the link given below.
http://hinduism.about.com/od/ayurveda/a/tulsibenefits.htm
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http://www.peacehealth.org/KBASE/cam/hn-3652007.htm
The National Institutes of Health does not include basil in its list of medicinal herbs and supplements.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/herb_All.html#B
Basil is native to warm climates. It does well as an annual herb in sunny locations with good soil drainage and can also be grown indoors.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1644.html
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