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Tulsi plant

Tulsi is a scared plant in Hindu belief. Hindus regarding it as an earthy manifestation of the goddess Tulsi, she is regarded as a great worshipper of the god Vishnu. The plant is cultivated for religious and medical purposes, and for its essential oil.

Uses

Fever, Common cold, Sore throat, Headache, Eye problems, Dental problem, Skin disorder, Insect bites, Kidney stone.

Parts Used

Flowers, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Carvacrol, caryophyllene, eugenol, linalool, urosolic acid^[1]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Tulasi
Hindi	Tulsi
Malayalam	NA
Tamil	Tolasi
Telugu	Tulasi
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	NA
English	Holy Basil

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Kapha, Vata

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	Opposite	Leaves 1.3- 3 x 0.6-2 cm, elliptic-oblanceolate, obtuse at both ends, margin coarsely serrate, puberulous; petiole to 2 cm long, covered with reddish-purple hairs

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	Raceme	pink/white	4	Racemes to 11 cm long, generally simple, occasionally branched at base; pedicel c. 2 mm long. Bracts to 2 x 3 mm, suborbicular. Calyx purplish, c. 3 mm long, campanulate; lobes 5, upper lip ovate, acute, lower lip hispid without. Corolla reddish-pink, to 4 mm long, tubular-campanulate; tube c. 2 mm long, dotted with sessile oil glands; lobes of upper lip oblong-orbicular; lower lip ovate-oblong. Stamens 4; filaments villous at the base of upper pair.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Nutlet	1.5 mm long		ellipsoid, dark brown.		{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

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Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of the moist to wet, lowland tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,000 metres. Can be easily grown from seed. ^[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area, Subtropical area, Warm fields.

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References

External Links

[chemical_composition-1] Chemical constituents

[Leaf-2] Plant decsription

[Ayurvedic_preparations-3] Ayurvedic preparations

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-4] Cultivation details

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