Prepare Tulsi (Holy Basil) tea at Home
Prepare Tulsi (Holy Basil) tea at Home
Texts of ayurveda describe the properties of tulsi as follows. It is light to digest and dries tissue secretions. Tulsi tastes hot and bitter. It can penetrate deep tissues and has anti helmenthic properties. Due to these properties it normalizes kapha and vata. Leaves, flowers, seeds and roots of Tulsi are used in ayurvedic preparations.
Preparation Tulsi Tea
Ingredients
Tulsi leaves (Holy basil leaves) : (Dry or Raw) - 1/4 cup
Tender barks :( Dry or Raw) - 3 tea spoon
Clove : 1
Pepper (optional) - 1
Cumin seeds
(Jeera ): - 1/4 spoon
water - 4 cups
Honey : 2 tea spoons
Lemon (optional) - 1/2 tea spoon
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Method:
Warm clove , pepper and
cumin seeds on a hot pan. Powder
this with the help of mortar and pestle . Finely Chop tulsi leaves and tender barks of tulsi. Mix clove ,
pepper, cumin seeds and tulsi leaves. Pound this mixture
in mortar till it becomes coarse
Boil 4 cups of water in a saucepan and add the coarsely
ground ingredients. Allow it to boil till the water
content reduces to 1 cup. Filter the decoction and allow
it to warm down. Add honey when decoction is luke warm.
Lemon juice can be added to this it.
Uses of Tulsi tea:
Regular consumption of Tulsi tea helps to detoxify
skin.
This herbal drink helps to prevent
acne
eruption,
dark
circles, flaring up of
psoriasis, allergic rashes and other
skin
infections.
Tulsi tea is an effective home remedy to relieve
constipation,
indigestion and it acts as an appetizer.
Regular consumption of tulsi tea reduces inflammation of
joints in conditions like
arthritis and
gout. It
reduces
blood sugar and blood
cholesterol. Thus it is helpful in conditions like
diabetes.
Tulsi tea rejuvenates liver and reduces inflammation of
liver. Hence texts of ayurveda recommend use of tulsi in
jaundice and other liver diseases.
Tulsi tea when consumed regularly acts as a nervine
tonic. It increases
memory power, reduces
migraine
headache and acts as a
stress buster.
Tulsi tea is an age old remedy for cough, common cold
and throat pain. Regular use of tulsi tea helps to boost
immunity of lungs and respiratory system. It acts as an
expectorant and relieves the blocked airways of
bronchial tree.
Seeds of tulsi can be added to the list of ingredients
while making tulsi tea. Tulsi seeds are effective in
premature ejaculation and also
increase quantity of semen.
Pepper, cumin seeds, honey and clove impart a wonderful
flavor to tea and enhance the medicinal properties of
tulsi tea. Honey is called as “Yogavahi”. The substance
which has a quality of penetrating the deepest tissue is
called as Yogavahi. When honey is used with other herbal
preparations it enhances the medicinal qualities of
those preparations and also helps them to reach the
deeper tissues.
This article is copy righted. The author Dr.SavithaSuri is an Ayurvedic Physician and web master of http://www.ayurhelp.com
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