It's basil. The famous pesto Genovese is made from it, it is perfect as an addition to tomato salad, and one of the many varieties of basil, Thai basil, is added to milk or sweet cream, from which very delicious chocolates and ice creams are later made.
The root, stem and leaves are used, and even the buds are edible and very tasty.
In folk medicine, it is used against inflammation of the stomach and stomach pain, headache, cough, asthma, against insomnia and for calming, it is a good diuretic, and it is also believed to be an aphrodisiac. Chewing basil leaves solves the problem of constipation.
In antiquity, it was used as a plaster after insect, snake or scorpion bites.
Basil tea:
Pour one tablespoon of dried basil with two deciliters of boiling water. Let it stand for ten minutes and strain. Drink lukewarm tea.
How to grow basil in a pot:
Basil blooms from June to October. It should be sown in early spring and if you want to transplant it, do it in April or May.
It does not require a lot of care. Water it regularly, every day in summer, make sure it has enough light but not in direct sunlight because that dries out its leaves.
Cut it from time to time, and when you tear off the leaves for consumption, it is best to tear off the tops so that new shoots can grow, reports Boudoar.
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