. . . l i O l i s Ba Infused is delicious, drizzled over a traditional Italian caprese se salad, but do you know about the humble basil’s medicinall properties….? While fresh or dried basil leaves are a great way to avour recipes, basil essentiall oil oil is much more concentrated and potent and often used in traditional medicine. Ocimum basilicum belongs to the mint plant family. The essential oil (from sweet ee eet et basil), with a naturally sweet, warm, spicy and herbal smell, is steam-distilled from om the fresh leaves, stems and owers resulting in an extract that contains high levels vel es of antioxidants and other bene cial phytochemicals, in fact, 29 different active compounds including up to as much as 69% monoterpenes; powerful at disrupting tiin ng the body's in ammatory response and studied in the use for ghting various cancers. As such, there has been much Medical Research into the effective use o off basil essential oil…
Benefits of Basil Essential Oil *Antibacterial
also capable of eliminating odour-causing bacteria and fungus from your home, car,
Basil displays amazing antimicrobial activity
appliances and furniture. Combine it with baking
against food-borne bacteria, yeasts and moulds –
soda to remove stains and bacteria from pots and
including E. coli, and is shown to decrease
pans, or spray it inside your toilet, shower and
bacteria when included in the water for washing
dustbins to absorb ‘nasty niffs’ as they say!
fresh produce. *Cold and Flu Treatment Thanks to its antibacterial and antifungal properties basil can be used in your home to
Research has shown that basil oil is a natural
remove bacteria from kitchen and bathroom
anti-viral so coupled with its anti-spasmodic
surfaces and to purify the air. Try diffusing or
qualities, has a therapeutic action on the
combining with water in a spray bottle. Basil is
respiratory tract.
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