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Tulasi has been used for its therapeutic properties since circa 5000–4000 BCE. [15] In the Rig Veda, Tulasi is mentioned and that is dated to 3500–2600 BCE. [15] Prakash and Gupta (2011: p.2) assert that: Tulasi has been used in India for around 5000 years and is acclaimed for its healing properties of the mind, body and spirit.
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 .
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
An elderly Bengali man in Dhaka with a beard dyed in henna. Henna is a reddish dye prepared from the dried and powdered leaves of the henna tree. [1] It has been used since at least the ancient Egyptian period as a hair and body dye, notably in the temporary body art of mehndi (or "henna tattoo") resulting from the staining of the skin using dyes from the henna plant.
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.
Stevia, can be used to make herbal tea, or as a sweetener in other beverages; Sweet potato leaf tea, a common herbal tea in Chinese medicine; Thyme, contains thymol; Tulsi, or holy basil; Turmeric tea; Uncaria tomentosa, commonly known as cat's claw; Valerian is used as a sedative, but clinical evidence for its psychoactive properties are ...
Factors to consider when choosing hair loss products for women. Type of hair loss: First and foremost, Dr. Michelle Henry, a board-certified dermatologist, tells us the most important thing is to ...
H. Harris, publishing in the British Journal of Dermatology in 1947, wrote Native Americans have the least body hair, Han Chinese people and black people have little body hair, white people have more body hair than black people and Ainu have the most body hair. [18] Anthropologist Arnold Henry Savage Landor described the Ainu as having hairy ...