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Basil – The Herb Of Worship

Basil, also called Sweet Basil, is a popular name for the culinary herb Ocimum basilicum. It is found all over the world. Basil is a symbol of faith and worship by the Hindus towards their goddess Laxmi. Basil is also known as the king of herbs, basil herb is one of the oldest, popular and effective herbal plants. It is rich in much health benefiting photo-nutrients.

Basil Herb


Health benefits of Basil :
Basil leaves contain plants derived chemical compounds which have shown to have disease preventing and health promoting properties. Basil leaves have much health benefiting essential oils such as linalool, limonene. These compounds have anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. The parts of herbs are very low in calories and have no cholesterol, but are also a rich source of many essential nutrients, minerals, and vitamins. Basil herb consists of exceptionally high levels of beta-carotene and vitamin A. These compounds act as protective scavengers against oxygen-derived free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Vitamin K is also found in basil, is essential for many coagulant factors of the blood and plays a major role in the bone strengthening.

Basil herb contains a good amount of minerals. It contains potassium, manganese, copper, and magnesium. Potassium is a crucial part of cell and body fluid; it helps in controlling heart rate and blood pressure. Manganese is useful for body as a co-factor for the anti-oxidant enzyme. A basil plant can be grown in a small pot in the backyard so that fresh leaves are everyday available for use whenever the need arises.

Besides this herb there are several useful herbs that can provide benefits in many ailments for more information about various herbs and their uses, you can visit at http://essiacherbalproducts.wordpress.com/

Kitchen Herbs for Good Health



There are several herbs on the planet that have been used in kitchen as a basic source in foods. These herbs have many health benefits with them. They are helpful to increase food satisfaction and thus, may prevent a person from overeating. Herbal foods have many ingredients into them that adds flavor and important ingredients such as vitamins, minerals and very little calories. We can purchase them from market or can grow them in our gardens. If we want to get health benefits from them, we have to store them properly to maintain and preserve their natural values.

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Ginger is one of the most used natural herbs in kitchen. It is helpful to add taste in our food items. In winters it can even use in herbal tea. It is helpful to keep one safe from cold and cough in winters. It is rich source of foliate, iron, vitamins and riboflavin.
  
Garlic

Garlic is another one most herb in this category. It is helpful to add very tasty flavor to food stuff.

Parsley

Parsley is a popular kitchen herb. It is a rich source of many vitamins and minerals, including vitamins A, B, and C; calcium, iron, and phosphorus.

There is several more but some of them are basil, rosemary, sage, savory, and thyme etc. These all are safe to use in foods but when used in an improper way, these may be harmful for health also. Herbs for food have been used to maintain a healthy living, but anyone who wants to use them must take advice from specialist.

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Burdock Plant

Herbs are gift that God have given us to get various health benefits. There is variety of best herbs but with this post I am giving a brief introduction of Burdock plant, since very old times, it has been used in herbal products and herbal teas to get health benefits in variety of ailments.

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Burdock has usually been considered as a good source of making cleansing herbal products. It has been also used as a blood purifier. In the past, Burdock has frequently been combined with dandelion and burdock wine to make a healing tonic for indigestion. People claim that it has been used to get rid of fevers and evil spirits. Also it has been used traditionally to balance human’s blood sugar levels. It has been used to make various top quality healthful products such as ESSIAC Herbal Products that are helpful to make strong our immune system.

Three parts of burdock plant such as root, seeds and leaves have been used to make herbal formulas or products. Herbalists around the world claim that the root of plant is most important. They have been used it as a cleansing and eliminative formulas or products. Seeds are another commonly used part of Burdock plant. Leaves of burdock plant are harvested to create many herbal formulas, products and teas. Leaves are most commonly used to make an herbal tea or tonic for getting relief in overall digestive weakness. 

Beside of all health benefits it has side effects also so we have to consult with a physician before using it to avoid any worst health condition.