Basil

Basil contains essential nutrients, including vitamins A and K, minerals such as calcium, manganese, magnesium, iron, zinc, potassium, protein, fiber, and carbohydrates.

Basil has the following benefits: it helps protect against infections, reduces stress and anxiety, plays a role in lowering blood sugar, and reduces inflammation.

Thanks to a compound called "eugenol," basil can lower blood pressure, and its essential oils can lower cholesterol and triglycerides. The plant contains magnesium, which helps improve blood circulation by relaxing muscles and blood vessels. All these benefits help reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

Basil contains high amounts of antioxidants, including eugenol, limonene, anthocyanins, and beta-carotene, which support the body's fight against free radicals, which lead to cell damage and increase the risk of developing a variety of conditions, including cardiovascular disease, arthritis, and diabetes.

Basil is used in cooking, as well as in teas or dietary supplements, taken with a doctor's approval.

Basil is used in all kinds of salads, in tomato, cabbage, spinach, bean, and pea salads. It is a wonderful seasoning for soups, fish and poultry dishes, pork chops, crab salads, green sauces, and mixed with butter.

There are a few situations where this plant should be consumed with caution or even avoided: People undergoing treatment for blood clotting or thinning, as the high vitamin K content in basil could interfere with medication and reduce its effect; Pregnant women and those trying to conceive, because it can lower blood pressure and blood sugar; Patients with diabetes, as there is a risk of interference with medication; People who may have allergic reactions to basil

Basil tincture provides a rich supply of phytonutrients necessary to supplement the diet for toning and revitalizing the body and inducing a general state of well-being. It plays an important role in the normal functioning of the immune system of the respiratory tract during the cold seasons, in the normal functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, increases appetite, supports the health of the renal-urinary tract, has a mild diuretic effect, and as a general tonic for the body, it has a positive influence on fatigue and induces restful sleep.

It is administered from the age of 12, 10-12 drops 3 times a day, diluted in 50 ml of boiled and cooled water. After dilution, the alcohol concentration decreases to a homeopathic level and has no contraindications related to its toxicity.

Basil tea is recommended for: stimulating digestion, abdominal bloating, abdominal colic (flatulence, nausea), aerophagia, anorexia, gastric or duodenal ulcers, fermentation colitis, diarrhea, flu, colds, bronchitis, headaches, urinary tract infections. It also helps improve liver function.