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Botanical name: Ocimum basilicum

Extraction: steam distillation

Parts used: leaves and flowering tops

Note: top

Aroma: warm, spicy, and herbal

Traditional use: Used in Ayurvedic medicine to treat respiratory problems such as bronchitis, coughs, colds, asthma, flu, and as an antidote to insect or snakebites. It has also been used for fever and in epidemics such as malaria.

Properties: antiseptic, antispasmodic, digestive, expectorant,  nervine, stimulant of the adrenal cortex, stomachic, and tonic.

Benefits: Bronchitis, cold (chronic), cramps, depression, dyspepsia, earache, epilepsy, fainting, fevers, flatulence, gout, hiccough, hysteria, insect bites and repellant, insomnia, mental fatigue, migraine, muscle aches and pains, nausea, nervous tension, nerve tonic, rheumatism, scanty periods, sinusitis, vomiting, wounds, and whooping cough. Stimulates hair growth and is applied externally to the skin to stimulate a sluggish complexion. Can help reduce cellulite and control acne. Basil can help slow down and relax the minds of children with ADD when used in a diffuser.

Blends well with: bergamot, black pepper, cedarwood, chamomile roman, citronella, clary sage, coriander, cypress, eucalyptus (all), fennel, geranium, ginger, grapefruit, hyssop, juniper, lavender, lemon, lime, marjoram, niaouli, oakmoss, opopanax, orange, oregano, palmarosa, pine, rosemary, sage, tea tree, and thyme.

Safety data: Avoid during pregnancy, skin irritant (dilute before using externally), It may trigger epileptic seizures in susceptible individuals.

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