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10/12/2021

Health Benefits of Tulasi
(Courtesy: Ayush Division, ESIC)

Vernacular names
Assamese : Tulasi
Bengali : Tulasi
English : Holy Basil
Gujrati : Tulasi, Tulsi
Hindi : Tulasi
Kannada : Tulasi, Shree Tulasi,
Vishnu Tulasi
Malayalam : Tulasi, Tulasa
Marathi : Tulas
Punjabi : Tulasi
Tamil : Tulasi, Thulasi, Thiru Theezai
Telugu : Tulasi
Urdu : Raihan, Tulsi

Medicinal Uses:
1. Intermittent fever (Vishama jwara): Admnistration of 10 ml Krishna tulasi leaf juice mixed with 2 gm Maricha (Pepper) powder thrice a day is beneficial.

2. Cough: Consuming 10ml of Krishna tulasi leaves juice with honey, twice or thrice a day is useful in cough and cold.

3. Itching rashes (Skin Allergy): External application of Tulasi leaf paste over the affected skin is useful.

4. Headache: Installation of the 2 drops of tulasi fresh leaves juice in both nostrils on empty stomach daily helps to relieve sinusitis related headache.

5. Wound: Regular External application of tulasi leaves and garlic fine paste over the wound will destroy the maggots in wound.

6. Bad breath: chewing one or two holy basil (tulasi) leaves daily helps to relieve bad breath issue. It also improves digestion.

7. Fungal infection: Take equal quantity of Basil tulasi leaves and neem leaves paste added with pinch of turmeric. Application of this paste is useful to cure the fungal infection.

09/12/2021

Health Benefits of Tila / Sesame
(Courtesy: Ayush Division, ESIC)

Vernacular names
Assamese : Simmasim
Bengali : Tilagachh
English : Sesame, Gingelly-oil Seeds
Gujrati : Tall
Hindi : Tila, Teel, Tili
Kannada : Accheellu, Ellu
Malayalam : Ellu
Marathi : Tila
Oriya : Til
Punjabi : Til
Tamil : Ellu
Telugu : Nuvvulu
Urdu : Kunjad

Medicinal Uses:
1. Anemia: Make chikkis or any other homemade sweets using black sesame seeds and jaggery and have them regularly. Black sesame seeds are richer source of iron than white sesame seeds,
are highly beneficial in treating anemia.

2. Earache: Warm 10 ml of sesame oil along with a couple of garlic cloves and put 2 ‒ 3 drops luke warm of prepared oil,in the ears. This will soften the wax in the ears, which can then be easily
cleaned. This is also beneficial in treating earache.

3. Dysmerrhoea: one teaspoonful of the powder of sesame seeds, taken with hot water twice daily, acts as an excellent remedy in reducing the spasmodic cramps during menstruation.

4. Hair growth : Scalp is massaged regularly with the sesame oil increases the hair growth,
prevents dandruff and splitting of the hair.

5. Toothache: Chewing sesame seeds early morning regularly reduce the toothache.

6. Piles: 5gm Sesame seeds powder is administered with butter reduces the pain and bleeding in
Haemorrhoids.

08/12/2021

Health Benefits of Takkolam / Star Anise
(Courtesy: Ayush Division, ESIC)

Vernacular names
English : Star anise
Hindi : Chakra Phool, Anasphal
Malayalam : Takkolam
Marathi : Badian
Oriya : Anasphul
Tamil : Anashuppu
Telugu : Anaspuvu
Urdu : Badyani

Medicinal Uses:
1. Indigestion: 3gms of of crushed anise seeds in the cup of boiling water boil it for Ten minutes. Drink the tea after having a huge meal. It helps the digestion of the food and relieves flatulence.

2. Cough: Anise powder 5gms with honey is a fantastic treatment for asthma, bronchitis cough in
addition to digestive disorders like flatulence, bloating, colicky stomach pain.

3. Lactation: The seed decoction of takkolam (5 seeds boiled 100ml of water and reduced it into 25ml) is recommended to breastfeeding mothers to enhance breast-milk secretion.

4. Bad breath: The seeds usually are chewed just after a meal to invigorate the breath.

5. Nasal congestion: Steam inhalation (10gms seeds powder put in hot water to get steam) of
star anise acts as a decongestant

6. Joint pain: Star anise essential oil applied topically is an excellent remedy for rheumatism and back pain.