BASIL. Essential oil.

The basilic basil oil It is obtained by steam drag from the Ocimum Basilicum L., Labiatae, Native of Iran, India, Pakistan and other tropical regions of Asia, which has been cultivated several millennia.

Basil is an annual, perennial herb in tropical climates, between 30 and 130 cm, with opposite leaves of a lustrous green, oval or ovate, teeth and silky texture, 3 to 11 cm long by 1 to 6 cm width. Its terminal floral spikes, with white or violet tubular flowers. This aromatic plant is very popular in gastronomy, especially the variety popularly known as pesto.

Basil's essential oil has antihelmintic and insecticide properties. It is positivist, powerful antispasmodic and neuro-regulator. The intestinal flora is normalized. It is an anti -inflammatory and analgesic. It is an antioxidant of the essential oil, and a prostate and anti-infectious venous decongestant (antiviral). It is also tonic and hepatobiliar, antifungal and digestive. .

Basil's essential oil is used in the following therapeutic indications: aerophagies, gastritis, pancreatic insufficiency, nausea, digestive spasms, gastroenteritis, cinetosis, anxiety, any depression, infectious post -infectious, insomnia, rheumatoid polyartitis and venous circulatory disorders. dysmenorrhea