Chemotype and indications
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Name: Exotic Basil
Botanical name: Ocimum basilicum
Distilled part: Flower
Botanical family: Lamiaceae
Origin: India
Chemical composition:
- Ketones
- Esters
- Ethers: Methyl Eugenol
- MonotMonoterpenols: Linaloolerpénols : Linalol
- Oxides: 1.8 Cineole, Linalooloxide
- Phenols
- Phenol Methyl-Ethers (90%): Chavicol Methyl Ether (85 to 88%)
Physical Properties and Therapeutic Indications:
- Childbirth: Facilitates delivery
- Aerophagia
- Pollen Allergy
- Analgesic
- Anti-fermentative
- Anti-inflammatory of infectious origin
- Antispasmodic
- Gastro-enteric Antispasmodic*
- Uterine Antispasmodic
- Arthritis
- Arthritis (post-infection)
- Asthenia
- Bactericide (pneumococcus, staphylococcus)
- Headache
- Premenstrual Pain
- Pituitary Dysfunction
- Dysmenorrhea
- Emmenagogue
- Post-infectious Fatigue
- Fatigue from Overwork
- Digestive Infections (intestines)
- Nausea
- Neuroregulator (sympathetic and parasympathetic)*
- Malaria
- Neurotonic
- Estrogen-like
- Rheumatoid Polyarthritis
- Rheumatism (Gout)
- Spasmophilia*
- Digestive Stimulant
- Tetany
- Dizziness due to Migraines
- Virucide
Emotional, Psychic Properties, and Therapeutic
- Anxiolytic
- Soothing
- Emotional Shock
- Provides Energy and Courage in Cases of Indecision
- Harmonizing
- Clears the Solar Plexus
- Relaxing
- Anguish/Anxiety
- Asthenia
- Depression
- Intellectual Exhaustion
- Psychic Fatigue
Additional Information:
Danger: Use in moderation so that its stimulating action is not followed by a sedative action
Euphoric action (not to be neglected)
Less strong hormonal effect than Artemisia Dracunculus.
Warning: Premenstrual pain: to experiment, an ovary can react positively to Ocimum basilicum var. basilicum, and the other ovary to Artemisia dracunculus (!)
Sacred Plant in India “Balm of the soul”
Legend: * powerful,** very powerful;*** extremely powerful (power value for the associated pathology)
Reference and bibliographic source: Lily BAYER and Dr Hervé STAUB, (2013) “In-depth treatise on Phyto and Aromatherapy”, Ed. Grancher. p. 445.
INDICATIONS IN AROMATHERAPY AND THE USE OF ESSENTIAL OILS DO NOT CONSTITUTE A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND DO NOT REPLACE THE ADVICE OF A DOCTOR OR MEDICAL TREATMENT!