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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant 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

Activities

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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
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere *
Ache(Ear) India(Santal) *
Ache(Ear) Panama(Cuna) *
Ache(Head) India(Santal) *
Ache(Head) Panama(Cuna) *
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere *
Alcoholism India(Gujarat) *
Alexiteric Elsewhere *
Anasarca India(Santal) *
Anodyne China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote(Alcohol) India(Gujarat) *
Antiphlogistic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Ardor India(Santal) *
Asthma Malaya *
Bite(Bug) China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Bite(Dog) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) *
Cancer(Stomach) Venezuela Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.