- Basil tea helps digestion and soothes the gut.
- The basil extract acts beneficial in cases of stomatitis and herpes simplex.
- The basil essential oil relieves cough, flu and cold, depression and apathy and soothes insect bites and snakes.
- Essential oil also stimulates the nervous system, combats stress, anxiety, mental fatigue and helps concentrate.
- The consumption of basil leaves with oil, as a salad, combats constipation.
- It can enhance memory.
- In Italian cuisine, pesto pasta, a green Italian oil and herb sauce, is based on basil.
- It is believed that it can repulse mosquitoes.
- It is used in the pharmaceutical industry and in aromatherapy.
- It is widely used in the distillery.
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