Basil - Medicinal food
Lemon basil and basil are two vegetables often used in meals, and at the same time have the effect of curing coughs, chest pain, colds...
Here are some ways to apply these two vegetables to treat common diseases, according to the instructions of physician Nhu Ta and physician Quoc Trung.
Lemon basil
According to Oriental medicine, lemon basil (also known as perilla) has a spicy taste, warm properties, and has the effect of relieving colds, causing sweating, curing coughs, chest tightness, fever (hot, cold), headaches and stuffy nose, curing sore throats, and used for external bathing to treat allergies.
Application:
- Cure flu, fever, chills: 30g lemon basil leaves, 3 thin slices of fresh ginger, 3 fresh onions (roots, tubers, leaves). Boil all ingredients to get the water, give the patient to drink 2 times a day, drink while the water is still warm. Drink the above amount a day, and use continuously for 2 days.
- Cure colds and fever: 15g lemon basil leaves, 5g mint, 8g perilla, 3 thin slices of fresh ginger. Boil all ingredients to get water to drink once a day.
- Cure cough, sore throat: Pick a few lemon basil leaves, chew, hold in mouth for a while, then swallow the juice, discard the pulp.
Basil
According to Oriental medicine, basil has a spicy, hot taste, aromatic smell, and has the effect of inducing sweating, diuresis, and pain relief. The fruit has a sweet and spicy taste, cool properties, and is good for eyesight. The whole plant is effective in treating flu, fever, headache, stuffy nose, bloating, and indigestion.
Application:
- Cure flu and bloating: Basil 20g, lemon basil 10g, rose apple leaves 8g, tangerine peel 6g. Boil all ingredients to get water to drink, divided into 2 doses per day. Use for 3 consecutive days like that.
- Treatment of high blood fat: Take 5-10g of basil seeds and steep them in boiling water with sugar and honey to make a drink that helps reduce blood cholesterol...
- Cure constipation: Basil seeds 5-10g, Malabar spinach 50g. Cook both into soup to eat.
- Treat sore throat: 20g basil, 6g fan root, 5 slices of fresh ginger. Boil all ingredients to get the water, and divide into 2-3 times to drink during the day.
- Cure indigestion: 20g basil, 5 slices fresh ginger, boil to get water to drink during the day. Or can eat raw.
According to Thanh Nien - NT
