HOLY BASIL

Ocimum sanctum

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HERB PROPERTIES

ANTIBACTERIAL

ANTIVIRAL

ANTI FUNGAL

ANTI INFLAMMATORY

ANALGESIC

SEDATIVE

ANTI CONGESTIVE

DISINFECTANT

 

HEALTH CONDITIONS SUPPORT

FIGHTS ACNE

PROTECTS AGAINST DIABETES

HELPS FIGHT CANCER

BALANCES HORMONES AND LOWERS STRESS

RELIEVES FEVER

HELPS IMPROVE RESPIRATORY DISORDERS

GOOD SOURCE OF VITAMIN K

DENTAL CARE AND ORAL HEALTH

RELIEVES HEADACHES

SUPPORTS EYE HEALTH

CALMING

IMMUNE BOOSTING

BRONCHITIS

SKIN ISSUES

 

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS

CAMPHENE,

EUGENOL

CINEOL

CARVACROL

METHYL-CHAVICOL

FLAVANOIDS

NEROL

TERPENES

 

PARTS OF THE PLANT USED

LEAVES

STEM

FLOWER

ROOT

SEEDS AND EVEN

THE WHOLE PLANT — HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR THE TREATMENT OF BRONCHITIS, BRONCHIAL ASTHMA, MALARIA, DIARRHEA, DYSENTERY, SKIN DISEASES, ARTHRITIS, PAINFUL EYE DISEASES, CHRONIC FEVER, SNAKE BITES AND SCORPION STINGS.

 

DOSAGE INFORMATION

AS A TEA – 2 TABLESPOONS OF FRESH GROUND LEAVES TO ONE CUP OF BOILING WATER. STEEP FOR 15 MINUTES AND THEN STRAIN. DRINK 1 TO 2 CUPS DAILY.

 

FORMS FOR USE

RAW LEAF

TEA

SALVE

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS

DO NOT USE WITH BLOOD THINNING MEDICATIONS ~SOME MEDICATIONS THAT SLOW BLOOD CLOTTING INCLUDE INCLUDE ASPIRIN, CLOPIDOGREL, DALTEPARIN, ENOXAPARIN, HEPARIN, TICLOPIDINE AND WARFARIN. DUE TO ITS INFLUENCE ON BLOOD CLOTTING, YOU SHOULD DISCONTINUE USE OF HOLY BASIL TWO WEEKS BEFORE ANY SCHEDULED SURGERY.

 

HOW TO GROW BASIL

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