A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead.

The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit with all their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the frogs took heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down
and died.

The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, "Did you not hear us?" The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the entire time.

This story teaches two lessons:

1. There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it
through the day.

2. A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes to kill them.

Be careful of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your path. The power of words... it is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way.

Anyone can speak words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in difficult times. Special is the individual who will take the time to encourage another.

BENEFIT OF CLOVE,AYURVEDIC BENEFIT OF CLOVE,CLOVE AYURVEDIC BENEFIT,USES OF CLOVE.

This tiny little spice has many curative properties. Traditionally cloves are used as a table spice and mixed with chillies, cinnamon, turmeric and other spices in the preparation of curry powder.

They are also used to flavour paan. Clove oil is used in the manufacture of perfumes, soaps, bath salts and as a flavouring agent in medicine and dentistry. Cloves help stimulate sluggish circulation and thereby promote digestion and metabolism.

In Chinese medicine, it is used for vomiting, indigestion and other related problems. If you are feeling stressed then, boil some water with basil leaves, mint leaves and clove. Then you can use this water for black tea. Add little bit of honey to it. This will help you ease tension.

Toothache

The use of a clove in toothache decreases pain. It also helps to decrease infection due to its antiseptic properties. Clove oil, applied to a cavity in a decayed tooth, also relieves toothache.

Digestive disorders

Cloves promote enzymatic flow and boost digestive functioning. They are used in various forms of gastric irritability and dyspepsia. Licking the powder of fried cloves mixed with honey is effective in controlling vomiting. The anesthetic action of clove helps in dealing with stomach pain and stops vomiting.

Coughs

Chewing a clove with a crystal of common salt eases expectoration, relieves the irritation in the throat . Chewing a burnt clove is also an effective medicine for coughs.    

NOTE
You should not 'chew' cloves.If you have mild tooth pain or bad breath then you can place 1-2 cloves in your mouth. It really helps if you place the clove in between the tooth that hurts. Try not to chew it, if you chew it then just remove the bits. Eventually after a few hours the clove will become soft, at which point it should be thrown away.It does not have any serious side effects as long as I am aware. However remember it is the juice of the clove that helps the tooth pain, it is not advisable to chew the clove. If tooth ache persists, see your dentist.Hope this helps !

Ginseng, which has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine as a natural energy booster, helps long-term cancer patients fight off the tiredness caused by the condition, according to a new study.

Researchers found that high doses of the herb American ginseng over two months reduced cancer-related tiredness in patients more effectively than a placebo.

They studied 340 patients who had completed cancer treatment or were being treated for cancer at one of the 40 community medical centres. Sixty per cent of the patients studied had breast cancer.

Each day, those taking part received a placebo or 2,000 milligrams of ginseng administered in capsules containing pure, ground American ginseng root.

"Off-the-shelf ginseng is sometimes processed using ethanol, which can give it oestrogen-like properties that may be harmful to breast cancer patients", the researcher Doctor Debra Barton, of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Centre in the United States, was quoted as saying.

At four weeks, the pure ginseng provided only a slight improvement in fatigue symptoms.

However, at eight weeks, ginseng offered cancer patients significant improvement in general exhaustion - feelings of being 'worn out', 'fatigued', 'sluggish', 'run-down', or 'tired' - compared to the placebo group.

"After eight weeks, we saw a 20-point improvement in fatigue in cancer patients, measured on a 100-point, standardized fatigue scale," Dr Barton said.

And she said the herb had no apparent side effects.

Until this study, ginseng's effects had not been tested extensively against the debilitating fatigue that occurs in up to 90 per cent of cancer patients.

Fatigue in cancer patients has been linked to an increase in the immune system's inflammatory cytokines as well as poorly regulated levels of the stress-hormone cortisol.

Ginseng's active ingredients, called ginsenosides, have been shown in animal studies to reduce cytokines related to inflammation and help regulate cortisol levels.

Dr Barton will next look closely at ginseng's effects on the specific biomarkers for fatigue.

REFERENCE:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Here are a few natural food items that can help you remain young and healthy

Looking young is the foremost priority of most people these days. Not just women, even men are wary of ageing. Instead of using the number of anti-ageing creams that have flooded the markets, one can go the natural way and opt for fruits and vegetables to help fight all age-related problems. Here are a few superfoods that can help control ageing and make you look younger.
 
  Apart from being high in Vitamin E, avocados are rich in antioxidants which help protect the skin. Avocados help in regenerating skin cells which makes your skin look fresh, giving a more youthful complexion.
 
These pulses are full of fibre and potassium which help reduce the cholesterol levels and thus reduce the risk of any heart disease. But their major health benefit is that they are packed with proteins.

 
Any chocolate that contains at least 70% cocoa is full of proteins and Vitamin B. Regular small bites into this chocolate will help burn fat and improve your skin and hair.

 
 Broccolis are a great source of fibre and Vitamin C which not only help control weight, but also help to fight heart diseases.
 
 Blueberries are rich in Vitamin C, which help in easy circulation of blood. Blueberries also contain certain minerals which help control the anti-ageing process. High in potassium, these berries help fight puffiness.

A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package; what food might it contain?

He was aghast to discover that it was a mousetrap!

Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning, "There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house."

The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Mr. Mouse, I can tell you this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me; I cannot be bothered by it."

The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mouse trap in the house."

"I am so very sorry Mr. Mouse," sympathized the pig, "but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; be assured that you are in my prayers."

The mouse turned to the cow, who replied, "Like wow, Mr. Mouse, a mouse trap; am I in grave danger, Duh?"

So the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected to face the farmer's mousetrap alone. That very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught.

In the darkness, she did not see that it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital.

She returned home with a fever. Now everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient.

His wife's sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.

The farmer's wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide meat for all of them to eat.

So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that when the least of us is threatened, we are all at risk.

Once upon a time three sons were engaged in merchantile business under the supervision of their father. They were very rich. Each son was proficient in his own department.

If one was good in sales, the other one was competent in purchases and similarly the third one in finance.

Unluckily, one day the father got bed ridden and the sons decided to divide the business under the fallacy that each of them were experts in their own way and can handle their individual business solely.

The father was glum and grumpy with their decision but was helpless and unfortunately the separation took place.

As a result three of them became each other's competitors. With the passage of time, they started having huge losses in their respective businesses. They tried all possible ways to succeed but the situation became worse.

Then they came to their father for a piece of advice. The father said "when you all were doing the business jointly, the business ran successfully.

But it was not any one of you responsible for the success of the business rather traits of all three of you put together made the business successful".

The sons realized their mistake & got reunited. So we conclude that disunity always ruins.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF GINSENG ,GINSENG ROOT BENEFIT,GINSENG USES,MEDICAL USE OF GINSENG,GINSENG MEDICINE BENEFIT,MEDICINE BENEFIT OF GINSENG.
The Far Eastern concept of Yin and Yang has long been used as a foundation for good health and balance in the lives of millions through the ages. According to Chinese tradition, all things have Yin (passive) and Yang (active) attributes, and achieving balance between the two opposing conditions is the key to harmonious existence.

Ginseng is an ancient stable of traditional Chinese and herbal medicine, and is a cornerstone in the Yin-Yang concept. Though the actual science of Yin and Yang is quite complex, generally speaking one can balance lack of energy or motivation (a Yin condition) by consuming a substance of Yang nature like ginseng. Sometimes too much tension and activity, consumption of a Yang substance, like ginseng, is helpful and restorative to the inner balance.

In general plant researchers agree that ginseng is a powerful adaptogen. An adaptogen is a nontoxic substance that helps to increase resistance against stressful influences of a physical, chemical, or biological nature; and in general, it has a normalizing effect. These attributes are believed to be achieved through ginseng’s ability to stimulate functions that regulate the central nervous system, the cardiovascular system, and endocrine glands.

STUDIES SHOW THAT GINSENG:
~Counteracts effects of physical and emotional stress
~Enhances memory
~Stimulates the immune system
~Spurs production of body's own virus-fighting chemicals
~Helps reduce cholesterol levels in blood
~Has anti-clotting effects, reducing the risk of arterial blood clots
~Helps control diabetes by reducing sugar levels
~Antioxidant, preventing cumulative cell damage believed to culminate in cancer
~Protects the liver from effects of drugs, alcohol and toxins
~Minimizes cell damage from radiation
~Counteract fatigue without caffeine and improves stamina
~Increases intestinal absorption of nutrients


EXPERIMENTS DONE ON GINSENG:
Energizing Studies Over the past 50 years, scientific studies have concentrated on the chemistry, pharmacology, and clinical aspects of ginseng use. It is the most researched medicinal herb on the face of the earth. The Russian pharmacologist, Dr. I. Brekhman, was the first to show proven clinical results for humans taking ginseng. In 1948, 100 soldiers ran a three-kilometer race in Vladivostok. Half of the group received ginseng extract, and the other half received a flavored placebo. The ginseng group averaged 53 seconds faster than the placebo group (Zen-Shen, Leningrad, State Publishing House of Medical Literature, 1957).

Studies, which were done with wireless operators and telegraphers for mental concentration and coordination, showed that individuals taking ginseng made fewer mistakes and were able to transmit text significantly faster than those given a placebo (Papers on the Study of Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants of the Far East, Vladivostok, 1963).

In England, a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study was performed on nurses undergoing shift work. Dr. Stephen Fulder and his colleagues studied British nurses in a London hospital during regular periods of night duty. Korean white ginseng (1200 mg.) or a placebo in capsule form was given under double blind conditions to 12 nurses of both sexes on three consecutive days before night duty. The nurses who took ginseng felt more alert and tranquil during their work and performed better during a test of speed and coordination (Proceedings of the International Ginseng Symp., Ginseng Research Institute, 1974: 81 - 85).

A FEW MORE STUDIES SHOW ON GINSENG:
Topic: Ginseng and cold tolerance
Source: Dr. Larry Wang, University of Alberta, Department of Zoology, 1994

Interested in the possibility of using ginseng to minimize cold stress, Dr. Wang and his Traditional Medicine Research program undertook to isolate Ginsenosides and their selected individual components RB1 and Rg1 from North American Panax quinquefolius, using modern chromatographic techniques developed by the TMRP team.

Laboratory rats were exposed to cold for two hours, their metabolic rates, as measured by oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production were continuously monitored. Change of rectal temperature before and after the exposure was also recorded. Metabolic and thermoregulatory performances of the rats was compared between experimental (Ginsenoside) and control (distilled water) treatments. Results indicated that feeding rats with a single dose of Ginsenosides at 100mg/kg was able to significantly improve their cold tolerance, the rats were able to generate heat at a greater rate, sustain it more effectively, and keep themselves much warmer.

Dr. Wangs studies on rats provide insight that Ginsenosides enhance cold tolerance. It is felt that the warming effects of Ginsenosides are equally applicable to humans. In china, the elderly have traditionally used ginseng root to keep warm in the winter.

Stimulant
Instead of caffeine or amphetamines for tiredness and exhaustion (i.e. from overwork, insomnia, "hang-over'), long distance driving, stage performance, athletic performance and strenuous physical work.

Tonic
A long term restorative benefiting health from gradual and continuous use. Helps in the convalescence from disease and helps overcome tiredness.

Mental benefits
Improves mental states in elderly. Recommended for depression, insomnia, and is said to improve one's spirit's and improve outlook on life. Other general effects include assisting memory loss, concentration, alertness, and improving learning ability.

Anti-Stress
Helps to resist long-term effects of stress damage to one's blood system and digestion.

Regulating Blood Pressure
Clinical test with elderly patients having high blood pressure showed that ginseng produced a small reduction in blood pressure. Ginseng is safely taken by those with cardiovascular disorders and can be taken in addition to prescribed drugs without risk of incompatibility.

Sexual function
Reputation as an aphrodisiac because it increases general vitality. Ginseng may have an effects on the sexual glands as a part of its overall effect on the hormones of the body.

Menopause
Reduces and prevents side effects of menopause. Increases the regulation of hormones and may be taken by women at an early age in order to increase their resistance capacity and to prevent possible menopausal disorder.

NOTE:
One of the most common and characteristic symptoms of acute overdose of Panax ginseng is bleeding. Symptoms of mild overdose with Panax ginseng may include dry mouth and lips, excitation, fidgeting, irritability, tremor, palpitations, blurred vision, headache, insomnia, increased body temperature, increased blood pressure, edema, decreased appetite, increased sexual desire, dizziness, itching, eczema, early morning diarrhea, bleeding, and fatigue.

Symptoms of gross overdose with Panax ginseng may include nausea, vomiting, irritability, restlessness, urinary and bowel incontinence, fever, increased blood pressure, increased respiration, decreased sensitivity and reaction to light, decreased heart rate, cyanotic (blue) facial complexion, red facial complexion, seizures, convulsions, and delirium.

Patients experiencing any of the above symptoms are advised to discontinue the herbs and seek any necessary symptomatic treatment.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF GINSENG PLANT,THREE TYPES OF GINSENG PLANT,VARIETIES OF GINSENG PLANT,GINSENG TYPES,GINSENG VARIETIES.

There are two distinct types of ginseng grown in the world.
 1)American ginseng (white or yellow in color)
 2)Asiatic ginseng (red color).

 They claim that American ginseng has a cooling quality on the body versus a heating quality for Asiatic ginseng. The traditional Ying and Yang if you will.

American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolium L.)

American ginseng seems to be the most common name. Panax quinquefolium is native to Eastern North America from Southern Ontario to Georgia and as far west as Wisconsin. Panax quinquefolium is now also grown in China. Panax quinquefolium is believed to give a cooling effect to the body.This cooling, energy giving, endurance enhancing factor is believed to be the most beneficial for our fast paced, stressful world.

Asiatic Ginseng (Panax Ginseng)

Asian, Korean, or Chinese ginseng (all common names) refers to a plant native to North Korea and China but Red Ginseng is a processed product and is made from steaming Korean grown Panax white ginseng for 8 - 10 hours then drying; often it is processed further into tea, capsules or slices. Panax ginseng is used to warm the body.

Siberian Ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosis)

Siberian ginseng, is a commonly found product given the common name of ginseng. It is not a true ginseng or it would have the genus Panax. It is though, related to the ginseng group as they both are in the Araliaceae family of plants, a very large grouping, including devil's club and sarsasparilla. Siberian ginseng does not have the chemicals called ginsenocides in its root but are said to have chemicals that do similar thing s. It is grown in Russia and China mainly and is native to East Russia and down to the Japanese Island of Hokkaido. The common name ginseng is so attached to this plant we will probably never get rid of it but customers should know it is not a true ginseng.

Today one of the most selling plant in all the western country is Ginseng.
Ginseng is a short, perennial plant of the Araliaceae botanical family. It grows naturally on the slopes of ravines and shady, well drained mountainous hardwood forests. It bears five compound leaves on a single stalk at maturity.Ginseng is found only in the Northern Hemisphere, in North America and in eastern Asia (mostly Korea, northern China (Manchuria), and eastern Siberia), typically in cooler climates.  An insignificant gray flower blooms each spring and by late summer has turned into a cluster of crimson fruit from which the ginseng seed is obtained.

The plant grows between 7 to 21 inches in height when wild. The root is creamy yellow or white resembling a parsnip with rootlets that branch off, sometimes taking the shape of a human body. The root is the part that is consumed.

Ginseng is the most widely used herb in the Orient.

The History of Ginseng: 
The Chinese have been using ginseng for over 5000 years. They composed the name ginseng from two words meaning "Man Plant" from its frequent likeness to the human form. It was later given the botanical name Panax derived from the Greek for All Healing or Cure All and related to the word Panacea. It comes as a surprise to most North Americans that the variety of ginseng native to this continent, known as Panax quinquefolium L., has been used by our native peoples in a similar fashion as their Asian cousins who use panax ginseng. Ginseng and all of its products are made from 100% pure whole root.

Ginseng has been the most highly respected herb since ancient times by both Chinese and Native American herbalists. As known by these ancient healers, this herb seems to help the mind and body to be in balance.

A Quote about Ginseng from the Nutrition Almanac:
"Ginseng strengthens the heart and nervous system. It builds general mental and physical vitality and resistance to disease by strengthening and stimulating the endocrine glands that control all basic physiological processes including the metabolism of vitamins and minerals. Soviet researchers report that ginseng normalizes the level of arterial pressure and is effective in the treatment of both hypertension and hypotension."

About Ginseng:
Ginseng is one of nature's greatest gifts. It is used to increase physical and mental endurance, boost energy, normalize body functions, reduce cholesterol, and prevent cancer. Traditionally, ginseng has been used to enhance sexual desire, by promoting sex hormone production. Ginseng supports the natural balance of your body to combat fatigue and strengthens and protects your nervous system.

Now modern research has demonstrated that over 28 therapeutic elements (ginsenosides) are in this vitamin rich plant. Recent research shows that regular use of Ginseng is helpful in the treatment of memory loss (Alzheimer's), balance of blood sugar levels (Diabetes), slowing down the aging process, helping the immune system, etc.

Once upon a time there lived a cloth merchant in a village with his wife and two children. They were indeed quite well-off. They had a beautiful hen which laid an egg everyday.

It was not an ordinary egg, rather, a golden egg. But the man was not satisfied with what he used to get daily. He was a get rich-trice kind of a person.

The man wanted to get all the golden eggs from his hen at one single go. So, one day he thought hard and at last clicked upon a plan. He decided to kill the hen and get all the eggs together.

So, the next day when the hen laid a golden egg, the man caught hold of it, took a sharp knife, chopped off its neck and cut its body open.

There was nothing but blood all around & no trace of any egg at all. He was highly grieved because now he would not get even one single egg.

His life was going on smoothly with one egg a day but now, he himself made his life miserable. The outcome of his greed was that he started becoming poorer & poorer day by day and ultimately became a pauper. How jinxed and how much foolish he was.

So, the moral of the story is- one who desires more, looses all. One should remain satisfied with what one gets.

Once there was a man who liked to eat mangoes. One day he decided to get the sweetest mango available, from the very top of the tree. Mangoes which are exposed to the sun the most are the sweetest.

So he climbed up to the top, where the branches were thin. He managed to pick up a few sweet reddish fruits, but, in an attempt to climb down, he slipped and started falling towards the ground. Fortunately, he caught the branch as he was falling and remained helplessly hanging on the tree. Then he started to call nearby villagers for help. They immediately came with a ladder and sticks, but could do little to help him.

Then after some time one calm and thoughtful person arrived – a well-known sage who lived in a simple hut nearby. People were very curious to see what he would do, as he was famous in solving many people’s problems in the area and sometimes very complicated ones. He was silent for a minute and then picked up a stone and threw it at the hanging man.

Everybody was surprised. The hanging mango lover started to shout:
“What are you doing?! Are you crazy? Do you want me to break my neck?” The sage was silent. Then he took another stone and threw it at the man. The man was furious: “If I could just come down, I would show you.! ”

That’s what everybody wanted. That he came down. But how? Now everybody was tense, as to what would happen next! Some wanted to chastise the sage, but they didn’t. The sage picked another stone and threw it again at the man, even more forcefully. Now the man on the tree was enraged and developed a great determination to come down and take revenge.

He then used all his skill and strength and somehow reached the branches which were safe to start going down. And he made it! Everybody was amazed.

“Where is the sage?!” – exclaimed the rescued man. “Oh, he is a wise man. So he didn’t wait for you to beat him,”- said the villagers. “I will really smash him completely!” “Hey, wait a minute. He is the only one who helped you. He is the one who provoked you, who induced you to help yourself.”

The mango freak stopped for a second, thought for a moment and admitted: “Yes, all your good intentions and compassion didn’t help me. But he expertly induced me to give my best and save myself. I should be thankful and not angry.”

Benefit of Mint leaf,Mint leaf ayurvedic benefit,Health benefit of Mint leaf,Benefit of Mint powder,Mint ayurvedic benefit,ayurvedic properties of mint leaf,Porperties of Mint leaf.

1)Soothing the digestive tract and if you are having stomach ache then it can be of great help
Drinking herbal mint tea reduces irritated bowel syndromes, cleanses the stomach and also clear up skin disorders such as acne.

2)Mint acts as a cooling sensation to the skin and helps in dealing with skin irritations.

3)Mint helps in eliminating toxins from the body.

4)Crushed mint leaves helps in whitening teeth and combat bad breath.

5)Mint is a very good cleanser for the blood.

NOTE:

1)Diabetics

Tulsi has antioxidant properties and reduces blood glucose levels. Thus it is useful for diabetics. 

2)Fever & Common Cold

The leaves of basil are specific for many fevers.  The juice of tulsi leaves can be used to bring down fever.

3)Coughs

Tulsi is an important constituent of many Ayurvedic cough syrups and expectorants. It helps to mobilize mucus in bronchitis and asthma. Chewing tulsi leaves relieves cold and flu.

4)Blood pressure

Tulsi reduce blood pressure.

5)Kidney Stone

Basil has strengthening effect on the kidney. In case of renal stone the juice of basil leaves and honey, if taken regularly for 6 months it will expel them via the urinary tract.

6)Heart Disorder

Basil has a beneficial effect in cardiac disease and the weakness resulting from them. It reduces the level of blood cholesterol.

7)Building stamina

Tulsi is also used to prepare herbal tea. It helps in building up stamina.

8)Respiratory Disorder

The herb is useful in the treatment of respiratory system disorder.

9)Stress

 Basil leaves are regarded as an 'adaptogen' or anti-stress agent.  Even healthy persons can chew 12 leaves of basil, twice a day, to prevent stress. It purifies blood and helps prevent several common elements.

10)Insect Bites

 The herb is a prophylactic or preventive and curative for insect stings or bites. A teaspoonful of the juice of the leaves is taken and is repeated after a few hours. Fresh juice must also be applied to the affected parts. A paste of fresh roots is also effective in case of bites of insects and leeches.

11)Skin Disorders:

Applied locally, basil juice is beneficial in the treatment of ringworm and other skin diseases. It has also been tried successfully by some naturopaths in the treatment of leucoderma.

12)Tooth ache

 The herb is useful in teeth disorders. Its leaves, dried in the sun and powdered, can be used for brushing teeth. It can also be mixed with mustered oil to make a paste and used as toothpaste. This is very good for maintaining dental health, counteracting bad breath and for massaging the gums. It is also useful in pyorrhea and other teeth disorders.

13)Headaches

 Basil makes a good medicine for headache. A decoction of the leaves can be given for this disorder. Pounded leaves mixed with sandalwood paste can also be applied on the forehead for getting relief from heat, headache, and for providing coolness in general.

14)Insect repellant

Tulsi acts as insect repellant. So it is used to store grains.

15)Eye Disorders

Basil juice is an effective remedy for sore eyes and night-blindness, which is generally caused by deficiency of vitamin A. Two drops of black basil juice are put into the eyes daily at bedtime.

Ayurvedic benefit of tulsi or tulasi,varieties of tulasi,cultivation of tulsi plant.

Tulsi is called "elixir of life" in ayurvedi.It is mentioned in charaka samhita,in ayurvedic text.It is used thousand of years in ayurveda.




. Krishna or shyama Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum)

. Rama Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum),

. Vana Tulsi (Ocimum gratissimum).

All three types of tulsi have their uses in ayurveda,the rama and krishna are most widely used.


Also known as 'Krishna or Shyama Tulsi', the Purple leaf tulsi is famous for its peppery, crisp taste. It comprises purple colored leaves and dark stems. Although, it is grown in many regions in India, it is relatively more difficult to find than the green vaiietals. Purple leaf Tulsi is known to be beneficial to treat throat infections, respirtory system, nasal lesions, earache and skin diseases.




Also known as 'Rama Tulsi', the Green Leaf Tulsi is known for its cooling, mellower taste. his variety of Tulsi is found in China, Brazil, Eastern Nepal, as well as in Bengal, Bihar, Chatgaon and the southern states of India. All the parts of the plant emit a strong aroma. Ram Tulsi has a characteristic fragrance. Crushing its leaves between the palms releases a stronger fragrance than other varieties of Tulsi.




Vana Tulsi is found in the Himalayas as well as the plains of India, where it grows as naturalized plant. Vana Tulsi is also cultivated and grows wild throughout Asia and Africa.


Tulsi seed is easy to germinate and grow. Sow the small Tulsi seeds in early spring indoors or in the greenhouse for an early start, or sow Tulsi seed directly in the spring or summer garden. Sow Tulsi seeds just under the surface of the soil and press in firmly. Keep Tulsi seed watered and warm until germination, which occurs within 1 to 2 weeks. Tulsi prefers full sun, rich soil, and plenty of water. Thin or transplant to 1 to 2 feet apart. Tulsi does well in pots or window boxes, and is traditionally grown for good luck near the front door of the house.

• Cold: food, drinks, showers, air conditioning
• Sweets: juices, pastries, candies
• Milk Products: like cheese and yogurt
• Meat Products
• Breads and Nuts
• Sleeping during the day