What is Tulsi & Equinacea?!
Question:
What is Tulsi & Equinacea?
Could you please tell me what do you know about Tulsi and Equinacea. Are they good to cure a cold? How can I prepare them?
Answers:
Hi bellagonzalez, first, let’s get the pronunciation right, it is pronounced eh-kin-AY-sha. The echinacea herb is very important to grow in your herb garden for use in herbal medicine. As herbal medicine, the echinacea herb is useful in all its parts. Yes, scads of studies that showed the usefulness of the echinacea herb for colds and flu. But there have also been studies that claim it as worthless. You will have to try it to see how it affects you. Look article: http://www.askedweb.com/askedweb/raising...
Tulsi ( Holy Basil), ( Tulasi): Tulsi has antioxidant properties, and helps boost the body's ability to fight off damaging free radicals, which have been linked to disease and aging. It is an adaptogen that helps the body fight the effects of ongoing stress and also balances the mind, nerves and emotions. Tulsi maintains the health of the throat chest and lungs. In fact, it helps protect the entire respiratory tract. It is an anti-inflammatory. A herb that promotes optimum respiratory support. Tulasi has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, expectorant properties and is useful in respiratory tract infections. It helps during respiratory stress.
There are some people that should not use echinacea in their herbal medicine routine. It is most important to always check with your doctor before starting any herbal medicine regime.
You can do teas from this herbs and to drink for you a cold. You can buy an extracts these herbs dried or in supplements in most health food stores.
Jason Homan