Common Name: St.Josephwort, Tulsi, Tulasi
Botanical Name: Ocimum Sanctum
Family Name: Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
Parts Use: Leaf, Whole Plant
Color: Greenish-yellow

Indian Basil Oil is of watery viscosity and is pale greenish-yellow in color. Basil oil is more powerful than the plant itself. Its sweet, spicy, herbaceous and slightly campherous. The bright green oil has more uses in the kitchen and food productions. Basil Oil taste good, it refreshes mind and skin. In India it is widely used as a massage oil. Basil is effective against vomiting, nausea, constipation, depression, whooping cough,headaches, fever and cold.

Basil is most useful with the stomach and its related organs. Most of the people in India use basil for cooking, such as in tomato sauce, pesto or vinegars. Also it is sprinkled over salads and sliced tomatoes. Basil leaves contain a kind of bright yellow volatile oil which is useful against insects and bacteria.