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Ocimum basilicum

Common Name
Me-Boki; Selaseh; Albahaca; Feslegen; Raihan Al Malik; Raihana; Selasih; Lo Le; Rainan; Selaseh jantan; Ai K'Ang; Basil; Chiu Ts'Eng T'A; Hsiang Ts'Ai; Selaseh hitam; Basilic; Chahchabram; Basilicon; I Tzu Ts'Ao

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Carminative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Carminative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Carminative Elsewhere *
Cephalgia Elsewhere *
Cholera India(Santal) *
Circulation China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Colic Elsewhere *
Collapse India(Santal) *
Convulsion India(Santal) *
Cordial Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cosmetic Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cosmetic Africa *
Cough Malaya *
Croup Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Croup Iraq Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Cyanogenetic Elsewhere *
Deafness Salvador Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Delirium India(Santal) *
Demulcent Elsewhere *
Demulcent Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.