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Albahaca Sagrada ⧫ তুলসী ⧫ 图尔西⧫ तुलसी ⧫ トゥルシー⧫ 툴시⧫ ทุลซี
Tulsi (or Holy Basil) is an aromatic shrub in the basil family Lamiaceae (tribe ocimeae) that is thought to have originated in north central India and now grows native throughout the eastern world tropics. Within Ayurveda, tulsi is known as “The Incomparable One,” “Mother Medicine of Nature” and “The Queen of Herbs,” and is revered as an “elixir of life” that is without equal for both its medicinal and spiritual properties.
Daily consumption of tulsi is said to prevent disease, promote general health, wellbeing and longevity and assist in dealing with the stresses of daily life. Tulsi is also credited with giving luster to the complexion, sweetness to the voice and fostering beauty, intelligence, stamina and a calm emotional disposition.
In addition to these health-promoting properties, tulsi tea is recommended as a treatment for a range of conditions including anxiety, cough, asthma, diarrhea, fever, dysentery, arthritis, eye diseases, otalgia, indigestion, hiccups, vomiting, gastric, cardiac and genitourinary disorders, back pain, skin diseases, ringworm, insect, snake and scorpion bites and malaria.
Tulsi SEEDS are also harvested
The black and tear-shaped seeds, that seem similar to chia seeds, are rich in proteins, carbs and essential fats and packed with a good deal of fibre. Sabja seeds are full of iron, Vitamin K and protein. Soaking them in one cup of warm water for about 15 minutes causes the seeds to fully swell up, which releases antioxidants that are beneficial for digestive enzymes.
They are also called Sabja seeds or Falooda seeds.
Growing info about Tusli
Growing info about Tusli
Tulsi is a wonderful companion plant as the strong smell deters many pests. The flowers attract many bees and other essential pollinators. In our garden we have planted tulsi with peppers and okra, among other things.
different ways to harvest Tulsi
different ways to harvest Tulsi
When harvesting tulsi for tea, the plant can be trimmed of its flowering stems (imagine you are giving the plant a trim/haircut). Leave enough lower branches with leaves so that the plant can continue growing and produce more flowers and branches.
Especially important to harvest if the tulsi plant is blocking light to another plant (in our garden the okra seedlings grew slower than the tulsi).
Tulsi is also harvested for the seeds, in which case, cut the brown dried flowering stems off and dry them out for a few more days. There is a video below showing how to extract the seeds from the plant with a sieve.
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