This document discusses the medicinal properties and uses of tulsi (holy basil). It notes that tulsi has been used in Indian medicine since ancient times. The document describes where tulsi grows, its botanical name, and common names. It provides details on consuming tulsi as leaves, powder, or infusion/decoction. The text outlines tulsi's antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, fever-reducing, digestive-improving properties. It also lists specific ailments that tulsi can help with, such as cough, blood sugar, immunity, stress, and more. The document emphasizes that tulsi has many uses and is a gift from nature.

1. RIGHT FROM THE BEGNING OF CIVILISATION MAN HAS USED
PLANTS AS MEDICINE . AFTER EXPERIENCING USE OF MODREN
SYNTHETIC MEDICINE HERE IS COMPARATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT
BOTH.
PLANTS AS MEDICINE SYNTHETIC MODREN
MEDICINE
BEING LIVING AND ORGANIC
COMPATIBLE TO HUMAN BODY.
HENCE NO REJECTION BY BODY
IN THE FORM OF ALLERGIC
REACTIONS.
BEING NON-LIVING AND
CHEMICAL LESS COMPATIBLE TO
BODY AND SOMETIMES REACTS
AS ALLERGIES.
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS OF PLANTS
HAVE BALANCING INGREDIENTS
ALSO WHICH WHILE IN PLANTS
NEUTRALISE SIDE EFFECTS.
BEING SYNTHETIC AND SINGLE
IN NATURE DO NOT HAVE
BALANCING INGREDIENTS. HENCE
HAVE SIDE EFFECTS
MANUFACTURING IS
ECO FRIENDLY.
MANUFACTURING IS NOT
ECO FRIENDLY.
NATURALY AVAILABLE AND
ECONOMICAL.
MOSTLY EXPENSIVE.

2. DESCRPTION OF THE PLANT
 THIS HERB GROWS ALL OVER INDIA UPTO THE
ALTITUDE OF 6000 FT.
 IT IS A ANNUAL HERB BUT CAN BE GROWN FOR
MORE THAN ONE YEAR IF IT IS PROTECTED WELL
FROM EXTREME COLD CLIMATIC CONDITION AND ITS
FLOWER ARE PLUCKED.
 BOTANISTS CALL IT OCIMUM SANCTUM.
 ITS COMMOM NAME IS HOLY BASIL.
 IT HAS MANY CULTIVATED OR WILD SPECIES.

3. •TULSI - WITHOUT ANY COMPARISION i.e. NO PLANT
STANDS BESIDES IT IN USEFULNESS.
•SULABHA - VERY EASILY AVAILABLE ALL OVER INDIA.
•GRAMYA- GROWN IN EVERY PART OF INDIA.
•SURASA - WHICH CAN KILL DEVILS (DISEASES)

4. MODES OF CONSUMPTION
•LEAVES AS A WHOLE CAN BE CHEWED.
•PASTE OF THE LEAVES CAN ALSO BE CONSUMED
LEAVES STEMS SEEDS
PREVENTIVE -
5 LEAVES DAILY
CURATIVE- 20-40 LEAVES UPTO
TWICE DAILY.
PREVENTIVE - PASTE OF 5
LEAVES DAILY
CURATIVE- PASTE OF 20-40
LEAVES UPTO TWICE DAILY.
RECOMENDED DOSE
RECOMENDED DOSE

5. •DRY LEAVES/STEM CAN BE COSUMED IN POWDERED FORM
MODE OF TAKING DRY LEAVES-
•POWDRED LEAVES/STEM WITH WATER
•POWDRED LEAVES /STEM (MIXED WITH HONEY OR JAM) WITH WATER.
•COLD INFUSION- DISSOLVE ONE SPOON FULL OF DRY LEAVES IN WATER
KEEP IT
OVER NIGHT , STAIN AND CONSUME NEXT MORNING EMPTY STOMACH / WITH
BREAKFAST.
•HOT INFUSION- ADD ONE SPOON FULL OF DRY LEAVES POWDER IN ONE CUP
OF
HOT WATER. BREW FOR 3-5 MINUTES, STAIN AND CONSUME.
•DECOCTION- BOIL ONE SPOON FULL OF DRY LEAVES IN ONE CUP OF WATER
FOR
3-4 MINUTES AND CONSUME AFTER STAINING.
PREVENTIVE-
1GM (1/6 TEA SPOON)
PER DAY
CURATIVE-
1 TEA SPOON
PER DAY
RECOMENDED
DOSE

6. SEEDS CAN BE CONSUMED IN POWDERED
FORM.
OTHER MODES OF CONSUMPTION:-
• COLD INFUSION
• HOT INFUSION
• DECOCTION.
DOSE
PREVENTIVE -
1GM (1/6 OF
TEA SPOON)
CURATIVE-
1 TEA
SPOON

7. • KAPHA AND VATA
PACIFYING
• PITTA AGGERAVATING.

8. ANTI OXIDANT ACTIVITIES
•TULSI CONTAINS POLYPHENOLS (FOUND IN GREEN TEA AND
OTHER
HERB ALSO) WHICH HAS ANTI OXIDANT ACTIVITIES.
•ANTI OXIDANTS ARE BIO CHEMICAL IN OUR BODY WHICH
NEUTRALIZE
DISEASE PRODUCING FREE RADICALS.
•FREE RADICALS CAN PRODUCE DISEASES LIKE-
HEART STROKE BRAIN STROKE(PARALYSIS)
JOINT DISEASE BENIGN TUMOUR
CANCEROUS TUOMOUR NEURO DISORDER
•POLYPHENOLS IN TULSI EFFECTS ON GENES BY STOPPING FATTY
PLAQUE FORMATION IN BLOOD VESSELS.
PREVENTING :-
HEART ATTACKS, BRAIN STROKES(PARALYSIS) .

9. VARIOUS INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PRESENTS IN TULSI KILL INFECTIOUS
DISEASES CAUSING BACTERIA AND
VIRUS.

10. EUGENOL, URSOLIC ACID, ROSMARINIC
ACID PRESENT IN TULSI PLANT RELIVES
BODY
PAIN LIKE
HEADACHE BACKACHE
SHOULDER PAIN KNEE PAIN
CERVICAL PAIN MUSCULAR PAIN
GENERAL BODY PAIN

11. TULSI REDUCES SWELLINGS (INFLAMATIONS) OF
KNEE JOINTS SHOULDER JOINTS
CERVICAL JOINTS HIP JOINTS
VERTEBRAL JOINTS

12. IN FEVERISH CONDITIONS USE OF TULSI REDUCES FEVER.
DIGESTIVE ACTION
BECAUSE OF PITTA INCREASING PROPERTY (HOT ACTION)
TULSI
IMPROVES DIGESTIVE FIRE AND HELP IN PROPER
DIGESTION OF
FOOD. HENCE UESFULL IN LOW DIGESTIVE CONDITIONS OF
BODY.

13. •IMPROVES IMMUNITY - BY INCREASING NUMBER AND ACTIVITY OF
WHITE BLOOD CELLS WHICH KILL BACTERIA AND VIRUSES.
•RELIVES COUGH - LIQUIFIES LUNGS SECRETION AND HELPS THEIR
EXPECTORATION (COUGHING OUT).
•RELIEVES COLD AND NASAL CONGESTION – DUE TO ITS HOT
AND
DECONGESTANT PROPERTIES.
•LOWERS BLOOD SUGAR – DAILY DOSE OF 20-30 LEAVES LOWERS
CORTESOL LEVEL WHICH FURTHER HEPLS IN LOWERING BLOOD
SUGAR
LEVEL IN TYPE – 2 DIABETES.
•HELPS IMPROVING AGE RELATED MEMORY PROBLEM.
•LOWERS BLOOD COLESTROL.
•PROMOTES WOUND HEALING.

14. •REDUCES EFFECT OF CHRONIC STRESS.
•RELIVES INFECTION OF GUMS
•SEEDS POWDER RELIVES PAINFUL MICTURATION.
•DETOXIFICATES BODY TISSUE.
•PLANT PURIFIES ENVIRONMENT BY RELEASING OZONE.
•REPELLS MOSQUITOES.
With multiple, wide ranging uses tulsi can be
called PENASIA . What more mother nature
could give us ?
We should be thankful to her.