🔘 TULASI

Tulasi

👉🏻 Basonym -

तोलयन्ति प्रतिष्ठते, औषधिणु प्रतिष्ठितेत्यर्थः |

Tulasi is regarded as the best drug. 

👉🏻 Synonyms -

1. अपेतराक्षसी - The diseases caused due to Rakshasa (viruses /bacteria) get cured,

2. भूतघ्नी -Antiviral/Antibacterial

3. Tulasi, Tulsi – There is no other herb equivalent to this.

4. Gramya – found in every household.

5. Surasa – having good taste, having juice extract

6. Subhaga, Sulabha – auspicious

7. Surabhi, Svadu Gandha – having good scent

8. Sumanjari, Bahumanjari – having beautiful inflorescence

9. Devadundubhi, Visnuvallabha, Haripriya – beloved by Lord Vishnu, God.

👉🏻 Vernacular name:-

- Hindi:- Tulsi

- English:- Indian Basil/ Holy Basil/ Sacred Basil

- Telugu, Marathi & Malayalam:- Tulasi

- Gujarati:- Tulasi

- Kannada:- Sri Tulasi

👉🏻 Latin Name: Ocimum sanctum Linn.

👉🏻 Family: Lamiaceae

👉🏻 Gana : Shwasahara Varga (Charak)

👉🏻 Habitat: Tulsi is found throughout India.

👉🏻 Habit : A Perennial herb with a typical aromatic smell. 

👉🏻 Types :

शुक्ला कूष्णा च तुलसी गुणैस्तुल्या प्रकीत्त्तिता । 

1. Shukla Tulasi

2. Krushna Tulasi

👉🏻 Properties -

हिक्काकासविषश्वासपार्श्वशूलविनाशनः |

पित्तकृत्कफवातघ्नः सुरसः पूतिगन्धहा ||

                            - च.सू.२७/१६४

Taste - Pungent, Bitter

Potency - Hot

Vipaka - Pungent

Effect on dosha - Alleviates Vata & Kapha

👉🏻 Action -

श्वासहर- Useful in Bronchial asthma

कासहर- remedy for cough 

हृदय (Good for heart) 

हिक्का निग्रहण (Hiccups) 

दीपक (Carminative)

ज्वरघ्न (Fever)

कुष्ठघ्न(Skin disorders)

विषघ्न (Antidote) 

कृमिघ्न (Vermicidal)

👉🏻 Actions:- 

1. Bhavana dravya of Tribhuvankirti Tablet - Which is the choice of drug in fever, Cough. 

2. Cough: Black tulsi Juice + Honey

3. Fever : Juice of Tulasi leaves + Black pepper

4. It is used as Anupana (Vehicle)for other drugs.

5. For cleaning the wounds. Tulasi leaves juice

6. In kaphaja vyadhi: tulsi juice + honey (mainly in cough, fever, headache)

7. In cough and cold - drinking tea prepared from Tulasi leaves, ginger & black pepper immediately reaches benefit. 

8. By eating green leaves of Tulasi with salt, it cures cough & sore throat

👉🏻 Dosage -

Swarasa : 10 - 20 ml

Beeja : 1-2 gm

👉🏻 Pharmacological actions -

Antiviral

Antifungal

Antibacterial

Antipyretic

Anti Inflammatory

Anticancer

Antirheumatic

👉🏻 Chemical composition:-

- Bornyl acete

- Cadinene

- Camphene

- Camphor

- Carvacrol

- B- Caryophellene

- Eugenol

- Methyl ether

- Humelene

- Methyl chavicol

- Limonene etc.

👉🏻 Effects of Tulasi and its constituents:-

- The leaves contains eugenol and caryophylline are considered

mainly to be responsible for various antimicrobial properties. 

- The presence of eugenol attributes to its anti-

oxidative property and is also thought to be responsible for inhibition of lipid peroxidation

- Saponins are generally regarded a antinutrients but are also believed to be useful in human diet .

- Tannins have traditionally been considered

antinutritional but it may be employed medicinally in antidiarrheal, hemostatic and

antihemorrhoidal compound

for controlling cholesterols.

- For itching rashes, tulsi leaves are made into paste and applied over the skin.

- Smokers are prone for respiratory disorders and cancer. For both these, Tulsi is ideal. 

- Antioxidant: Tulasi is a powerful antioxidant

👉🏻Formulations -

- Agurvadya taila

- Hingusauvarchaladya taila

- Surasadi Kwatha

- Tulasi Swarasadi tala

- Tribhuvan Kirti rasa