Botonical Name -
कृष्ण तुलसी – Ocimum Sanctum
श्वेत तुलसी - Ocimum Americanum
Tulsi is a well-known plant with a lot of medicinal value.
तुलसी कटुका तिक्ता हृद्योष्णा दाह पित्त कृत्
दीपनी कृछ्रस्र पार्श्व रुक् कफ वात जित्
शुक्ला कृष्णा च तुलसी गुणैस्तुल्या प्रकीर्तिता
Rasa - Katu (pungent) and Tiktha (bitter)
Veerya (potency) - Ushna (hot)
Vipaka – Katu
Guna (properties) – Laghu (light), Rooksha (dry), Teekshna (piercing)
Effect on Tridosha- Reduces Vata and Kapha, increases Pitta.
Parts used – leaves, roots and seeds
Dosage -
Fresh juice (swarasa) - 10 to 15 ml
Kashaya (decoction) - 50 ml
Seed powder - 5 -10 grams
Uses -
Reduces Kapha
Reduces krimi dosha, and is used as an antiviral
Improves taste and digestion power
It acts as a cardiac tonic and removes cholesterol deposition in the blood vessels.
Useful for asthma and chronic respiratory diseases.
Useful for hiccups and vomiting
Useful for reducing itching and pain in skin diseases.
Helps to reduce difficulty in urination and kidney stones
Useful in eye disorders
For skin diseases, apply tulsi and turmeric paste.
For sinusitis, do nasya using tulsi juice (2 drops in each nostril)
Tulsi juice along with honey reduces hoarse voice and throat pain
Chewing a few tulsi leaves with pepper and a pinch of rock salt reduces throat problems.
Applying a paste of tulsi, turmeric, and neem leaf reduces fungal infection and insect bites.
Tulasi swarasa with pepper powder reduces vishamajwara (malaria).
Swetha tulsi with ginger juice reduces indigestion
Juices of tulsi and bhringaraja (kayyonni) with honey and sugar candy (kalkkandam) is good for productive cough.
Tulasi juice with old jaggery reduces postpartum stomach ache.
Tulasi should not be taken with milk.
Oushadha yogas -
Vilvadi gulika (antiviral)
Tribhuvanakirthi rasa (fever)
Manasamithram vatakam
Bhavaprakasha says both Krishna Tulasi and Sweta Tulasi have the same properties.
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