Health Benefits:

Tulsi, or "the incomparable one," is one of the more versatile of potent medicinal herbs. Used as an herbal tea it is an adaptogen, a master balancer of physical systems. In Ayurvedic terms, holy basil is considered a sattvic herb which maintains the harmony of the chakras (energy centers) of the body and thereby produces virtue and joy in humans.

As an herbal tea, tulsi has a wide range of medicinal uses including treatment for bronchitis, coughs and fever. A nerve tonic, it shares qualities with ginseng and is used across India to treat depression, fatigue, insomnia, migraine and nervous tension.

Holy basil tea improves resistance to stress and helps to regulate blood pressure. Employed on a regular basis as a tincture or tea, Tulsi has a protective effect against environmental toxins. It benefits circulation and metabolism and is considered a blood purifier.

Tulsi tea is useful for conditions of digestive upset including nausea, indigestion, gastritis, laxative indigestion, and diffuse abdominal pain.

Conditions of the ear, nose or throat, such as earache, allergic rhinitis, and conjunctivitis benefit from use of holy basil tea.

Applied in very dilute amounts to the skin, tulsi effectively treats inflammation and chronic non-healing ulcers. It improves complexion and is also a powerful mosquito repellant.

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Next to the lotus, tulsi is the most sacred plant in India. Regarded as a goddess and a consort of Lord Vishnu, she is ceremonially wed to Lord Vishnu every year, marking the beginning of the marriage season.

Tulsi devotional rituals are based on classical Tantric ceremony. The plant is placed in a special altar, invoked and adored as the embodiment of Vishnu or the Divine Mother, given ritual watering, and offerings of incense and food. The worshipper prostrates him or herself to the invoked deity, dresses the tulsi in silk offering scarves, and decorates it with flowers. At the end of the ceremony, the leaves are taken as a sacrament.

Hydrosols, also called floral waters, essential waters, and hydrolates, are the result of steam distilling of aromatic plants, which separates the light essential oil compounds from the heavier, aqueous distillate.  Though both essential oils and hydrosols contain aromatic and therapeutic compounds, water soluble hydrosols are considered a safer, gentler version that can be used undiluted on the skin.  Accordingly, hydrosols have traditionally been employed for applications where essential oils might be considered too strong.  

The highest quality hydrosols are not a by-product of essential oil production. Rather, they’re artisanally extracted in small batches to capture the maximum amount of hydrophilic compounds.  These compounds—naturally occurring essential oil elements, organic acids, and some plant pigments and flavonoids—have an acidic pH, which acts to inhibit bacterial growth and makes many hydrosols suitable for use as facial toners and skin care, as well as household uses.

Many so-called hydrosols are nothing more than synthetic compounds added into distilled water or alcohol that can provoke allergies and skin irritations. As with essential oils, it is critical to purchase from a reputable source.

Being an aqueous extract, this hydrosol should be kept refrigerated to retain its vital force and purity.

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Why Buy From Floracopeia:

Floracopeia was established to help preserve and promote the use of botanical medicines as solutions to the widespread ecological destruction taking place in the world, and the loss of medicinal plants on which traditional medical systems depend. We provide our customers with the highest quality essential oils and other botanical aromatic treasures through the promotion of ecological sustainability, organic agriculture, and agro-forestry projects.

Our products are acclaimed for their therapeutic-grade, high quality at affordable prices. We provide artisanal quality oils produced by small family-based distillers. We buy directly from farmers and distillers, thus supporting the local economies in which the plants are grown. We do not buy oils from the world-brokers. Floracopeia is founded with a strong medical orientation and is involved in a number of global eco-projects based in grass roots health care, spirituality, reforestation projects, and the preservation and restoration of ethno-botanical culture.