Benefits of Eating Holy Basil Leaves

Holy Basil / Tulasi is one of the oldest herbs known to Mankind. Tulasi is widely used in Ayurveda and also is worshipped as a goddess in the households of India. It has a wide variety of medicinal advantages. It is also used in food preparations to add flavour and is also used as a preservative. It is native to Southeast Asia and has a significant presence in Indian medicine. It is used to treat a wide range of diseases.

let us know more about the benefits of Tulasi.

1. Can Reduce Anxiety and Stress:

In the Holistic approach, Tulasi is found to be a good Adaptogen(Adaptogen is a natural substance that helps one to manage stress and gives mental balance). It was also proven scientifically that animals that went through environment-induced stress showed positive results when they had Tulasi leaves and found an enhancement in their metabolism, low stress in Noisy environment.

2. Decreases Cholesterol levels:

Yes! Tulasi can Reduce one's cholesterol levels. 

When rats that were eating Holy basil were tested, it was found that they had lower LDL cholesterol levels(i.e, bad cholesterol) and higher HDL levels (i.e, Good cholesterol).

Oil called eugenol which is present in these leaves is observed to decrease stress-induced cholesterol in kidneys and liver if rats.

3. Anti-Inflammatory:

Tulasi leaves has a wide variety of anti-inflammatory properties. It has oils that contain certain enzymes like eugenol, citronellal and linalool. Daily chewing Tulasi leaves can help to relieve joint pains in Arthritis patients and reduces the risk of heart attack. Its anti-inflammatory properties relieve fever, cough, cold, headache and sore throat.

4.Heals Wounds and Prevents infections:

Tulasi Extracts are applied on a wound to boost the wound healing speed and strength. Even people use Tulasi after surgery to heal and protect their wounds from infections.it increases healing time and contraction.

5.Skin Care:

A speciality of Tulasi is that it can prevent premature ageing of the skin and keeps the skin healthy. Tulasi is an excellent skin cleanser which can be a perfect cleanse for people with oily skin.

Basically, Tulasi removes the dirt and impurities which will block the skin pores. It's anti-inflammatory and medicinal properties prevent skin from the formation of acne. Juices extracted from Tulasi leaves are used to treat Ringworms and other skin diseases. This herb is also used to treat Leucoderma(A skin disease in which loss of skin colour is seen).

6.Prevents Heart diseases:

As discussed above, Tulasi can significantly decrease cholesterol. So, as it is decreasing Cholesterol levels heart diseases which are affected due to cholesterol are prevented.

7.Indigestion and Gastric problems:

Tulasi is very well known for its carminative properties that remove gas from the stomach. Effective Ayurvedic remedy to get relief from acidity is to chew Tulasi leaves or to make a Tulasi tea. And also by, Regular intake of Tulasi leaves, The problems of indigestion reduced effectively. The phytochemicals components present in Tulasi leaves help in fighting against Staphylococcus aureus infection which is the main cause of diarrhoea.

8.Enhances Liver Function:

According to studies, consumption of Tulasi leaves on a regular basis helps in improving the number of the detoxifying enzyme in the liver. This may help the function of the liver and reduce the fat cell which accumulates in the liver that can cause liver disease.

9.Treats Cancer:

As said above Tulasi or basil has eugenol. It was observed it can fight against cancer. Now the research team is genetically modifying Tulasi in the lab to produce the anti-cancerous compound in abundance. So, Tulasi's anti-cancer abilities are still under research.

10.Controls Diabetes:

Tulasi leaves are said to have hypoglycaemic properties, which lower blood glucose level control and help prevent complications of diabetes. There was a significant improvement in glucose levels of diabetic patients who took Tulasi plus their usual medications. Spikes in glucose level also improved significantly.

And the list of Benefits of this exceptional Herb continues......... there are a lot of other benefits of Tulasi / Holy Basil. I tried to list out the major 10 benefits. 

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