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| Medicinial Plant Tulsi--2
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Painful Joints
The roots, leaves, inflorescences, twigs and seeds of a plant constitute what is collectively known as its `panchang` or its five parts. Take equal amounts of each, grind them and sieve. Ten gms of this mixture mixed with an equal amount of aged jaggery, and taken with goat`s milk every morning and evening will relieve pain in the joints.
Repeated administration of five gms of a mixture of the juices of Shyama Tulsi, garlic and onions, and smearing the mixed juices all over the body is beneficial in tetanus as well as spasms due to other causes.
A fine powder is prepared by grinding five gms of Shyama Tulsi leaves, three gms of meudi (sindhuar) leaves, five gms of bhangra, and three gms of the bark of varuna according to specified procedure. The powder is mixed with five gms of honey. This paste is a cure for all conditions due to excessive vata, such as pains, inflammations, etc.
The use of a decoction of Tulsi leaves for bathing and for the fomentation of the joints is effective in the treatment of rheumatism.
Pain in the joints can be relieved by applying a poultice of a paste of Tulsi leaves, castor leaves and saindhav (rock salt).
Tulsi seed powder is a good remedy for muscular pain.
Exposure to the smoke" generated by Drudrih Tulsi leaves dropped on glowing charcoal proves beneficial in all cases of abnormalities of blood due to vata, including rheumatism and oedema of the hands and feet.
Fomentation with steam from the boiling decoction of the five parts (panchang) of the Van Tulsi plant is beneficial in all paralytic conditions such as paralysis of the torso, facial paralysis, paralysis.
Take 100 gms of each of the following ingredients, and grind them together in cow`s urine, Panchang of Tulsi, panchang of neem, panchang of kateli (a variety of the cotton plant), leaves of white sindhuar, leaves of amar vel and black makay (maize). Cook 125 gms of the paste in seasame oil over a low flame. When all the moisture is expelled, cool and strain the oil. Use this oil to massage the joints and other parts affected by rheumatism.
Respiratory Diseases
If you have a dry cough or your voice has become hoarse due to a sore throat, grind equal amounts of Tulsi leaves, poppy seeds and jethi madh (yashti madhu) together and take the mixture with an equal quantity of sugar in warm water.
Chest pains and coughs are relieved by drinking Tulsi juice with crystal sugar.
Tea brewed with Tulsi leaves is a good remedy for fevers, colds and muscular pains.
Licking a paste formed by mixing camphor and honey with Tulsi juice, without added water, will relieve congestion in the chest due to thickened phlegm.
Crush seven Tulsi leaves and five black pepper seeds to a fine paste and roll into pills. Take one pill every morning, noon and evening with water. Coughs and colds will be eradicated completely within a week.
Ingestion of five gms of Tulsi leaf juice mixed well with two powdered black pepper seeds and five gms of sugar will relieve stiffening of the chest muscles and will also cure chronic fever.
Hiccups and asthma can also be cured by taking an extract of equal quantities of Tulsi leaves and inflorescences with aged jaggery.
Smoking a bidi rolled from Tulsi leaves cures a freshly contracted cold.
Licking ten gms of the juice of Barbari Tulsi leaves mixed with jaggery, powdered seeds of two cardamoms and some honey arrests the excessive secretion of phlegm.
For relief in an attack of asthma, prepare a decoction by boiling five gms of Tulsi inflorescences and ten gms of dry ginger in water, allow it to cool, mix some honey with it, and drink it. Take such a decoction twice or thrice as necessary.
If there is pain in the ribs due to cold, apply a paste obtained by mixing five gms of powdered pusker seeds with five gms of Tulsi juice.
If the cold has been caused by a drenching in the rain or excessive humidity in the air, drinking a decoction of Tulsi, dry ginger, cloves, cinnamon and black pepper three or four times in a day will effect a cure.
Taking a paste obtained by crushing Tulsi leaves and four or five roasted cloves together will also prove beneficial in the treatment of coughs.
If phlegm has been secreted in excessive quantities, drinking a decoction of five gms of Tulsi leaves, naagar, moth (musta) and dry ginger will rid the system of the excess phlegm.
Coughs can be relieved by inhaling the vapours arising from Tulsi seeds being heated in a little ghee (clarified butter). Some warm milk must be taken after such inhalations.
A paste formed by grinding together Tulsi seeds, onions and ginger and mixing with honey is beneficial in dry cough and infantile asthma. The paste is to be licked.
Green Tulsi leaves grilled over an open fire taken with a little common salt are beneficial in coughs and pharyngitis.
Skin Problems
If a wound is festering because of infestation with microorganisms, and blood is oozing out, wash the wound with Tulsi decoction which is just barely hot, and apply a paste of crushed Tulsi leaves.
Dry Tulsi leaves, some alum, ground well powder can be applied on any fresh cuts or wounds, and will promote quick healing.
If eruptions are caused by `sheetpitta` (urticaria), apply Tulsi juice over the affected areas. This should be followed by daily application of crushed Tulsi leaves mixed with black clay.
Boils in the armpits can heal, on applying a warm poultice of Tulsi leaves, mustard seeds, jaggery and googal (mukul) ground together.
To cure blisters, boils, furuncles, eruptions, etc take 50 gms of lemon juice in a copper vessel. Add 50 gms of Tulsi juice, and the same quantity of the juice of black kasondra. Keep the vessel in sunlight. The juices will begin to lose water by evaporation. Expose the vessel to sunlight daily till all the water is lost and a dry black residue is left. Application also improves the appearance and beautifies the face.
White spots on the face or any other area of the skin can be cured by applying the clay adhering to the roots of a Tulsi plant on the affected parts.
Loss or graying hair at an early age can be cured by rubbing the skin of the head vigorously with Tulsi leaves and powdered any/as (Indian gooseberry fruits). Done every day, the roots of the hair become strong and hair begins to grow and becomes black, smooth and soft.
Itching can be soothed by taking Tulsi juice with powdered majuphal, and applying a mixture of Tulsi and lemon juice.
Rubbing clay adhering to Tulsi roots all over the body, and taking a bath after a short time cures all skin diseases.
The pain in the initial stages of measles, chickenpox and smallpox is alleviated by drinking the extract of Van Tulsi.
Poison blisters washed with hot extract of Tulsi leaves.
Organisms infesting wounds are destroyed by sprinkling finely powdered dry Tulsi
Itching and eczema can be cured by applying a paste obtained by grinding the leaves of a Tulsi plant in lemon juice.
The discomfort by prickly heat can be relieved by eating Tulsi seeds with five gms of anvla (Indian gooseberry) jam.
Diseases of the digestive system
Vomiting caused by excess bile subsides by drinking a mix of ten gms of Tulsi juice, ten gms of ginger juice and 20 gms of lemon juice sweetened with powedered sugar.
Vomiting due to vata, pitta and kapha can be cured by drinking Tulsi juice to which powdered cardamom seeds have been added.
Vomiting and lack of appetite are cured by taking a mixture of powdered peepar (piper longum) and powdered Tulsi seeds with honey.
Vomiting of all types subsides on taking Tulsi juice with honey.
To cure vomiting caused by fever drink a mixture of 10 gms of Tulsi juice and 25 gms of water sweetened with 10 gms of sugar.
Drinking 25 gms of mixed juice of Tulsi leaves, leaves of the drumstick tree with a little saindhav salt stimulate digestion and induce regular bowel motion.
Take ten gms of each dried Tulsi leaves, seeds of large cardamoms, cumin seeds, dry ginger, cinnamon, ajwan seeds, black salt and roasted asafoetida. Powder and sieve it. This powder with water stimulates digestion.
Ingestion of Tulsi leaves and powdered black pepper cures dyspepsia.
Licking equal quantities of powdered Tulsi seeds and powdered peepar (piper longum) with honey will stimulate appetite.
Take equal quantities of the roots of the Tulsi plant and the stones of the fruits of the neem tree. Grind these together and prepare pea-sized pills out of the resulting paste. Two of these pills taken with honey every morning and evening will cure piles. The pills can be taken with buttermilk instead of honey.
For piles sores drinking the juice of Tulsi leaves and the roots of kakjangha (a run), and apply the juice on the sores.
If there is a burning sensation in the chest, the stomach or the calves, application of a paste of Tulsi leaves mixed with a paste obtained by a piece of deodar wood gives relief.
Drinking the above decoction after adding threee gms of powdered nutmeg brings rapid relief even in difficult cases of irregularity in bowel motions.
Take equal quantities of Tulsi leaves, mandar roots and black pepper. Grind these ingredients together and roll into pills. These pills constitute an effective remedy for cholera.
Another treatment for dysentery is administration of dried Tulsi leaves with cumin seeds and black, salt in curds, or mattha.
For diarrhoea with blood drink a mixture of soaked ten gms of Tulsi seeds in 50 gms of water overnight. Grind them, strain and drink with milk or water.
For watery stools a mix of Tulsi leaves and the bark of the indrajav plant works wonders.
Diarrhoea due to inefficient digestion is cured by an extract of Tulsi leaves, with saunf (fenel seeds) powder, fried in ghee and sugar.
Spoonful of Tulsi juice mixed with a spoonful turmeric juice three times a day is beneficial in any disorder of the digestive system.
If suffering from recurring stomach ulcers drink a decoction of Tulsi leaves and the leafy part of the soya (soya, dill) plant, and little saindhav salt.
Enlargement of the spleen can be cured by taking five gms of mixed Tulsi roots, salammoniac, borax (the dehydrated form), and javakhar (yavakshar).
Drinking a warm mixture of Tulsi and ginger juice cures stomachache.
Chewing Tulsi leaves with a little sugar is a good remedy for colic.
Five gms of powdered Tulsi leaves, five gms of roasted cumin seeds, five gms of bili (bilwa) powder and two gms of black salt added to 50 gms of curds, and mixed well. This mixture is beneficial in dysentery, colic, grips and inefficient digestion.
Boil ten gms of Tulsi leaves in 100 gms of water, till only half the water is left, and strain the extract. Drinking this extract will arrest the enlargement of the liver, and cure allied disorders.
Applying a paste of ground Tulsi leaves will cure inflammations.
Drinking an extract of Tulsi seeds and sona mukhi leaves cures obstruction in the urinary tract and the rectum.
To cure tumours apply a paste of ground Tulsi seeds, white sarasao (sara son), radish seeds, drumstick seeds, barley `and the roots of kaner.
Hiccups can be cured by taking a teaspoonful of Tulsi juice and half a spoonful of honey in the morning and evening.
Prepare an extract of Tulsi leaves and its inflorescences. Mix with jaggery and take it regularly to cure hiccups.
Diseases of the mouth, teeth, eves, ears, nose and throat
Toothache is alleviated by rubbing the teeth with the juice of Tulsi leaves mixed with black pepper powder and salt.
Placing a pill made from the paste of Tulsi leaves under an aching tooth will also alleviate the pain.
Night blindness can be cured by two drops of Shyam Tulsi leaves in the eyes every day for fourteen days.
To alleviate pain the eyes grind five gms each of Tulsi seeds, raswanti, mango ginger and two gms of opium with the pulp of kunvarpatha.
Tulsi juice into the eyes relieves soreness of the eyes.
For inflammation and itching in the eyes apply a decoction of Tulsi leaves and powdered alum, warm it and use cotton dipped in it to foment the eyelids.
For eyes mix Tulsi, turmeric, white sarasao (sarason), bhangaro (bhringraj) and indigo. Grind to a paste.
Mix Tulsi juice with seasame oil and boil the mixture. A few drops of this oil instilled into the ears while still bearably hot will cure all disorders of the ears.
Pain in the external ear is alleviated to a considerable extent by massaging with Tulsi leaf juice.
Instillation of a mixture of equal amounts of the juices of Shyam Tulsi leaves and Bhringraj is an effective treatment for infection of the internal ear and consequent suppuration.
Earache, inflammation of the inner ear and deafness can be cured by instilling drops of the mixed juice of green Tulsi inflorescences and Tulsi leaves.
For bad odour in the nasal passage inhale the vapours of seasame oil in which Tulsi, dry ginger, pepper, peepar (piper longum), vachh, drumstick, the smaller variety of danti, chitraphala and saindhav salt have been cooked.
For pain in the nasal passages apply a powder mixture of Tulsi leaves and kernels of the stones of the jujube (ber) fruit.
Staunch a nosebleed by inhaling the vapours off Tulsi inflorescences.
For soar throat lick juice of Tulsi leaves mixed with honey
Remedies for Miscellaneous Diseases
To improve memory swallow five leaves of Tulsi or crush eight leaves, four black pepper seeds, two almonds and a little honey.
To purify polluted water drop a few fresh green Tulsi leaves in it.
Treat burns by smearing the affected part with coconut oil boiled with Tulsi juice. This will reduce pain and hasten the healing.
Persistent thirst can be quenched by drinking the sherbet of tulsi leaves, sugar and lemon juice.
To strengthen the heart daily ingest five leaves of Tulsi, three black pepper seeds and three almonds. Take it during winter season only.
Boil saindhav salt with Tulsi juice, two drops will revive a fainted person.
Regular use of Tulsi effects rapidily increase in the number of the red blood corpuscles.
Cut the dried twigs of Tulsi into beads of the size of large pearls. String together the beads. Wearing protects one from infectious diseases.
Swallowing five leaves of Tulsi every morning also protects one from infectious diseases.
Tulsi leaf juice with sugar acts as a preventive from sunstroke
For fatigue drink an extract of Ram Tulsi leaves with cow`s milk and sugar
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