Diseases of the mouth
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The medicinal plant Tulsi isthe best treartment for the diseases of the mouth, ears, nose and throat.
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 The common problems like toothach, night blindness, soreness in eyes, pain in ears etc. can be cured with the help of Tulsi plant.
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
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