tulsi

Devanagari Script

तुलसि

Phonetic

[tulsi]

English: Translation

Ocimum sanctum L.

Hindi: Translation

तुलसी

Semantic Domain

Plants, trees and other vegetation

Health, well-being and sickness

Notes

tulsi is a medicinal shrub and popularly known for its medicinal benefits. All the parts of the shrub are considered very useful by the Birhor community.

Medicinal values for: fever, cold and cough, respiratory diseases

Leaf: A decoction of the leaves (sakam) or even the fresh leaves (baleʧ sakam) are chewed (togoʧ) for relief from cold (sardi rua), fever (rua) and cough (kʰuʔ).
The fresh leaves (baleʧ sakam) strengthen the stomach and help in respiratory diseases.
Root: The crushed (kʰeʧaʔ) root (rehet) is boiled (hõɽeʧ) with turmeric powder (sasaŋ lubuʔ) and consumed to prevent contraction of respiratory diseases.

Source

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