B A S I L H E R B

C O M B A T S D E P R E S S I O N

BASIL IS BELIEVED TO COMBATTHE ONSET OF DEPRESSION BY

ACTING ON THE ADRENALCORTEX AND STIMULATING THEPRODUCTION OF CORTISOL, THEHORMONES RESPONSIBLE FOR

FIGHTING STRESS.

B A S I L H E R B

P R E V E N T S B A C T E R I A L I N F E C T I O N

THE ABUNDANCE OF ESSENTIALOILS IN BASIL CONTRIBUTES TO

ITS EXCELLENT ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTI-

BACTERIAL PROPERTIES,MAKING IT AN EFFECTIVE

TREATMENT FOR WOUNDS ANDSKIN INFECTIONS.

B A S I L H E R B

R E L I E V E S C O U G H

WHEN BASIL IS STEEPED ANDMADE INTO A HOT TEA, IT CANEFFECTIVELY RELIEVE COUGH,

ASTHMA, AND BRONCHITIS.

B A S I L H E R B

R E D U C E S R I S K O F A N E M I A

BASIL IS A RICH SOURCE OFIRON, AND A HEALTHY DIETTHAT REGULARLY INCLUDES

BASIL WILL REDUCE THE RISK OFHAVING ANEMIA, A DEFICIENCYOF HEMOGLOBIN IN THE BLOOD.

B A S I L H E R B

P R E V E N T S E Y E D I S E A S E S

BASIL CONTAINS ZEAXANTHIN,IT CAN HELP PROTECT THE EYESFROM DISEASES SUCH AS AGE-

RELATED MACULAR DISEASE(ARMD), A COMMON EYE

PROBLEM AMONG THE ELDERLY.

B A S I L H E R B

H E L P S I N B L O O D - C L O T T I N G

BASIL CONTAINS ZEAXANTHIN,IT CAN HELP PROTECT THE EYESFROM DISEASES SUCH AS AGE-

RELATED MACULAR DISEASE(ARMD), A COMMON EYE

PROBLEM AMONG THE ELDERLY.

B A S I L H E R B

R E G U L A T E S B L O O D P R E S S U R E

BASIL IS RICH IN POTASSIUMAND POTASSIUM IS AN

ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OFBODY FLUIDS, WHICH HELPSREGULATE BLOOD PRESSURE

AND CONTROL NORMAL HEARTRATE.

B A S I L H E R B

S O O T H E S I N S E C T B I T E S

BASIL IS RICH IN POTASSIUMAND POTASSIUM IS AN

ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OFBODY FLUIDS, WHICH HELPSREGULATE BLOOD PRESSURE

AND CONTROL NORMAL HEARTRATE.

B A S I L H E R B

C O U N T E R S B A D B R E A T H

DUE TO ITS ANTI-BACTERIALPROPERTIES, AN HERBAL

TOOTHPASTE MADE PRIMARILYFROM BASIL CAN KILL THE

ODOR-CAUSING BACTERIA INTHE MOUTH.

B A S I L H E R B

A C T S A S A N A P H R O D I S I A C

THE STRONG AND PUNGENTAROMA OF BASIL IS BELIEVED TOPROMOTE LIBIDO AND AROUSAL

BY INCREASING BLOOD FLOWAND STIMULATING THE

PRODUCTION OF HORMONESRESPONSIBLE FOR HAPPINESS

AND ENERGY.

B A S I L H E R B

P R O T E C T S A G A I N S T R A D I A T I O N I N J U R Y

THE FLAVONOIDS ORIENTIN ANDVICENIN ARE KNOWN TO BE

GOOD ANTIOXIDANTS FOUND INBASIL. IT INHIBITS THE

FORMATION OF FREE RADICALSIN THE BODY AND PROTECTSAGAINST RADIATION INJURY.

B A S I L H E R B

C U R E S H E A D A C H E

THE STEAM OF BASIL LEAVES ISSAID TO CURE MILD HEADACHES,

AS THE AROMA CAN CALM THENERVES, RELIEVE PAIN, AND

REDUCE SWELLING.

B A S I L H E R B

C A L M S A N U P S E T S T O M A C H

BASIL CAN ALSO CALM AN UPSETSTOMACH AND TREAT BOWEL

DISORDERS. THE BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE FOUND IN

BASIL CAN EFFECTIVELY CUREINDIGESTION, RELIEVE

STOMACH SPASMS, AND EXPELINTESTINAL GAS.

B A S I L H E R B

C L E A R S A C N E

APPLYING AGEL CONTAININGBASIL AND ORANGE ESSENTIALOILS ON THE AFFECTED AREA

CAN CLEAR UP THE SKIN FROMACNE.

B A S I L H E R B

I M P R O V E S M E N T A L A L E R T N E S S

AN AROMATHERAPY WITH BASIL,SANDY EVERLASTING, AND

PEPPERMINT OILS IS SAID TOIMPROVE MENTAL ALERTNESS,

FOCUS, AND ATTENTION TOPEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN

EXPERIENCING FEELINGS OFMENTAL EXHAUSTION.