TULASI / OCIMUM SANCTUM

in #health • 9 years ago

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Botanical Name : Ocimum sanctum.

Family : LAMIACEAE.

Vernacular Names : Hindi - Tulsi, English - Indian Basil / Holy Basil / Sacred Basil.
Telugu - Tulasi.

Botanical Description : Branched, aromatic herb, woody and hairy. Leaves are oblong or ovate , obtuse or acute, entire or suberrate. Flowers are very small, borne in terminal and axillary racemes. Fruits are subglobose or broadly ablong nutlets.

Properties : Rasa - Katu, Tikta.
Guna - Laghu, Ruksha.
Virya - Usna.
Vipaka - Katu.
It is Kapha - vatahara, Dipana, Krmighna etc.

Indication : Vishama jvara (fever), Hikka (hiccups), khas (cough), swas (astama), Visarog, krimi, shula(pains) etc.

Dosage : Fresh juice - 10 to 20ml, decoction - 30 to 40 ml, powder - 3 to 5gms.

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