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Home Remedy Tips: Tulsi

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Dr. Nilesh M JoshiAlternative Medicine Specialist • 24 Years Exp.MD - Alternative Medicine
Home Remedy Tips: Tulsi:

Many India household grow Tulsi or Basil Plant as traditional practice.
Apart from being worshipped, it’s also used in a variety of cures.

How to use:

Skin Diseases: Tulsi leaf juice taken internally and applied externally

Cold & stomach upset: Leaf paste with milk

Guard against Malaria: A decoction of 15-20 leaves taken along with pepper powder

Fever & Chest Pain: Twenty leaves crushed and mixed in 2 cup water, boiled to 1 cup; add to this 15 gm mishri and two teaspoon honey. Take two table spoons 4 times a day

Headache: Mix 10-15 leaves with four cloves and a little dry ginger, Grind and apply on forehead.

Longevity, rejuvenation: 7 Leaves eaten along with water every morning on an empty stomach continuously for 108 Days

The Plucking Ritual

The Indian civilization believes, as scientists have proved, that plant also has a sense of feel.
While plucking flowers or leaves, violence should be avoided. One should only pluck the required amount of leaves. No leaves are to be plucked after sunset and its best to water a plant before doing so.

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