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Ocimum basilicum


Name: Ocimum basilicum
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Botanical name : Ocimum basilicum Linn.
Family : Lamiaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Barbari, Arjaka, Sitarjaka
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Katu, Tikta
Guna   : Lakhu
Virya   : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  : Sweet basil
Hindi  : Babul, Babuyitulsi
Malayalam : Ramatulasi, Ramathulasi
Distribution – Cultivated throughout India.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
An aromatic much branching perennial herb grows up to 1 meter in height. Leaves simple, opposite, acute, toothed; flowers white in simple racemes; fruits nutlets.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, inflammation, cardiac debility, pruritus, skin diseases, cough, diarrhea, vomiting, fever and general weakness.
Useful part : Root, Leaves. 


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