SWEET BASIL (TALSI BUBAEE*)
Hindi : Bubai, Babai, Babari, Babul, Riha,
Maltulsi,Sankja, Mamri and Niyajabo
Sanskrit : Biswatulsi, Barbari, Bantulsi, Surbhi
Marathi : Sabaja
Gujarati : Sabaja, Umara
Bengali : Babuetulsi
English : Sweet basil
Latin : Osimum basilicam
Sweet basil is small, bitter, pungent in taste, hot in nature, and stimulating. It ends vatta disorders and fever, and brings phlegm out. It increases urine quantity, sweat, bile disorders and makes menstrual excretion normal. It stimulates to the heart and brings out sweat. It purifies the blood and kills stomach worms. It is useful for the treatment of anorexia, inflammation, indigestion, cough, breathing problems, constipation and itching.
Coating a paste of sweet basil on affected part is useful to get relief in pain and swelling. It is used to end senselessness, cure catarrh, and head diseases.