Basil Holy Organic Essential Oil

Organic Holy Basil Essential Oil promotes emotional healing, supports introspection, and cultivates a sense of peace and calm, particularly during meditation sessions.* It enhances self-confidence and fosters self-assurance.* Holy Basil Essential Oil proves beneficial in addressing situational anxiety or depression while facilitating deep, restful sleep, making it well-suited for individuals grappling with insomnia.* Moreover, Holy Basil Oil uplifts the mood and clarifies mental faculties, diminishing negative thoughts and emotions.*

Holy Basil Essential Oil serves as a valuable aid in managing minor pain and inflammation, particularly associated with muscle tension.* In addition to providing relief from such discomfort, it aids in alleviating muscle spasms and mitigating unwanted bacterial, fungal, or viral activity.* Because of this, Holy Basil Essential Oil can also help with respiratory conditions like mucous congestion and symptoms of colds and flu.*

This version of Holy Basil does not have as much Eugenol as other Holy Basil Essential Oils on the market. Thus, it does not have as much the aroma of clove and it is less irritating to the skin.* This Essential Oil is a Fair Trade product. That means this trade was between companies in developed countries and producers in developing countries in which fair prices are paid to the producers.

About the Plant:

Holy Basil is a variety of basil with a sweeter, warmer aroma. Revered as an “elixir of life”, Ocimum sanctum is an erect, many-branched subshrub in tropical climates, often grown as an annual elsewhere. It can grow to be 30-60 cm tall. This shrub boasts green or purple, smooth elliptic leaves and spikes of small, white or mauve flowers arranged in close whorls on dark, hairy stems that are strongly scented. Holy Basil is grown for both ornamental and therapeutic uses.

Where It Grows:

Holy Basil or "tulsi" is an aromatic perennial plant. It is native to the Indian subcontinent and widespread as a cultivated plant throughout the Southeast Asian tropics. Tulsi is cultivated for religious and traditional medicine purposes, and also for its Essential Oil.* It is widely used as a herbal tea, commonly used in Ayurveda.

Traditional Uses and Lore:

Regular consumption of Basil (or Tulsi) tea may be compared with the regular practice of yoga, which can be considered “adaptogenic” through nurturing and nourishing the body, mind, and spirit while fostering a sense of relaxation and wellbeing.* Like yoga, Basil has a calming effect that leads to clarity of thought, along with a more relaxed and calm disposition.* The cognitive and memory-enhancing properties of Basil differ from those of caffeine-containing beverages such as coffee and tea, which heightens arousal and may cause physical and mental agitation.* Furthermore, Basil does not produce the same physical dependence as caffeine and can be safely consumed on a regular basis without the fear of withdrawal effects.*

In Hinduism, Tulsi is worshipped as a goddess and every part of the Tulsi (Basil) plant is revered and considered sacred, including the leaves, stem, flower, root, seeds, and oil. Even the surrounding soil, which has recently been found to harbor beneficial endophytic fungi, is considered an aspect of the divine. As such, Hindi households are considered incomplete without a Tulsi plant, typically in an ornate earthen pot situated in a courtyard where Tulsi serves both practical and ceremonial purposes. For example, Tulsi's distinct clove-like aroma arising from its high eugenol content serves to link the householder to the divine while also repelling mosquitoes, flies, and other harmful insects.* Tulsi is further integrated into daily life through evening and morning rituals and other spiritual and purification practices that can involve ingesting its leaves or consuming Tulsi tea.

In addition to sanctifying the home, Tulsi is used ceremonially in Hinduism and some Greek Orthodox Churches to create “holy water”. Tulsi wood or seeds are also used to make Tulsi malas, which are strings of beads used to help the mind focus during meditation, chanting, and devotional practices and therefore ceremonially connect mind, body, and spirit.* Tulsi plants has also been used in cities to combat air pollution. This is why hundreds of thousands of Tulsi plants have been planted around the Taj Mahal in Agra to help protect the iconic marble building from environmental pollution damage.

Other Facts:

• • • Scent: Sweet, Pungent, Somewhat Bitter-Herbaceous Aroma
    • Fragrance Note: Top Note
    • Composition: Methyl Chavicol, Ursolic Acid, Linalool, and 1.8 Cineole
    • Family: Lamiaceae family

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.