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Use of Basil as Medicines
Basil is an aromatic annual herb widely used in systems of traditional medicine, including Ayurveda.

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Use of Basil as Medicines, Classification of MedicineBasil or sweet basil is a popular culinary herb botanically known as Ocimum Basilicum and "Babui Tulsi" in Bengali. The seeds of this plant, called rehan in the vernacular, are demulcent and nourishing. Steeped in water they swell into a mucilaginous jelly which is taken with the addition of sugar in dysentery, gonorrhoea and cough.

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