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Description
Basil is a beautifully sweet-smellmg herb which can be used fresh in bath water, in steamers, and in face packs for its antiseptic and relaxing properties. Basil infusions and herbal oil made with rose petals are gorgeously aromatic in creams for the face and lotions for the body. Basil and peppermint vinegar added to a bath or bath bag, tones and refreshes.
General Herb Information
Basil - Any one of five varieties of basil may be used in cooking:
Sweet basil (Ocimum Basilicum) with inch-long, dark green leaves and a clove-pepperish odor and taste; a variety of sweet basil with purplish red leaves; a green leaf dwarf variety; a purple leaf dwarf variety;
Italian or curly basil (O. crispum) with large, crinkly, light green leaves and a stronger odor and taste than the sweet basil. All have the same cultural requirements.
Propagation: By seed, in spring, outdoors; germinates easily in 4 or 5 days.
Nature of Plant: If tops are pinched out, plants will grow into little bushes, the dwarf varieties into beautiful compact ones; makes attractive annual border plants; culinary importance.
Spacing of Mature Plants: Italian 15 inches, sweeet 12 inches, dwarf varieties 6 inches.
Cultural Requirements: Dry, light, well drained, medium rich soil, in sunny sheltered spot; after severe cutting dig a little fertilizer into soil about roots; in harvesting, if cut but part way to the ground, a second crop can be had later.
Uses
Leaf: (Culinary) In vinegar, soup, stew, salad, with cream or cottage cheese, in egg or tomato dishes, chopped meat, sausage, in butter sauce for fish, sprinkled over peas or boiled potato, in vegetable juice cocktails; (Household) plants in house said to drive away flies, dried powdered leaves are used as snuff; (industrial) perfumes; (Medicinal) stimulant, nervine.
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Directions
Stir 1/4 of a teaspoon into a glass of water and consume 3 times daily, with meals.
Additional Information
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These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Products are intended to support general well being and are not intended to treat, diagnose, mitigate, prevent, or cure any condition or disease. If conditions persist, please seek advice from your medical doctor. The essence of the current American rule on Traditional Uses is, as stated by FTC, "Claims based on historical or traditional use should be substantiated by confirming scientific evidence, or should be presented in such a way that consumers understand that the sole basis for the claim is a history of use of the product for a particular purpose."
