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  2. Ocimum tenuiflorum - Wikipedia

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    Ocimum tenuiflorum, commonly known as holy basil, tulasi or tulsi (from Sanskrit), is an aromatic perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is widely cultivated throughout the Southeast Asian tropics .

  3. List of plants used in herbalism - Wikipedia

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    Tulsi or holy basil It is used for a variety of purposes in traditional medicine; tulsi is taken in many forms: as herbal tea, dried powder, fresh leaf or mixed with ghee. Essential oil extracted from Karpoora tulasi is mostly used for medicinal purposes and in herbal cosmetics. [112] Oenothera: Evening primrose

  4. Tulasi in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    Vaishnavas traditionally use japa malas (a string of Hindu prayer beads) made from Tulsi stems or roots called Tulsi malas, which are an important symbol of the initiation. Tulsi malas are considered to be auspicious for the wearer, and believed to connect him with Vishnu or Krishna and confer the protection of the deity.

  5. Hindustani vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani, also known as Hindi-Urdu, like all Indo-Aryan languages, has a core base of Sanskrit-derived vocabulary, which it gained through Prakrit. [1] As such the standardized registers of the Hindustani language (Hindi-Urdu) share a common vocabulary, especially on the colloquial level. [2]

  6. Medicinal plants - Wikipedia

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    The bark of willow trees contains salicylic acid, the active metabolite of aspirin, and has been used for millennia to relieve pain and reduce fever. [1] Swertia perennis found in high mountain places of Nepal. Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times.

  7. List of Urdu poets - Wikipedia

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    The following is a List of Urdu-language poets This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .

  8. Medical ethnobotany of India - Wikipedia

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    The medical ethnobotany of India is the study of Indian medicinal plants and their traditional uses. Plants have been used in the Indian subcontinent for treatment of disease and health maintenance for thousands of years, and remain important staples of health and folk medicine for millions.

  9. List of Bangladeshi spices - Wikipedia

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    Used as pickle, green and ripe fruits. dried and powder fruit are used to treat damage hair. Pomegranate: Pomegranate seed ডালিম Dalim Used in cake and desserts, and to decorate food Tulsi [6] or Basil: তুলসী Tulsi Leaves are used to treat cold Almond: Almond [7] কাঠবাদাম Kaath-Baadam Cardamom: Green cardamom ...