Basil plays a role in the many Mediterranean, and particularly Italian, cuisines. It forms the basis of pesto and adds a distinctive flavour to salads, pasta, pizza, and other dishes.
Goes very well with tomato, fish and poultry dishes and is a popular flavour in stews, sauces, sausages, bouquets and garnishes.
In the diet, basil can provide vitamins, minerals, and a range of antioxidants that are known to have disease preventing and health-promoting properties.
Basil leaves are composed of health benefiting essential oils such as eugenol, citronellol, linalool, citral, limonene and terpineol. These compounds are known to have anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties.
Vitamin K in basil is essential for the production of clotting factors in the blood and plays a vital role in bone strengthening and mineralization.
Basil has properties that might help protect the skin from some effects of aging.
The essential oil also stimulates the nervous system, fights stress, anxiety, mental fatigue and helps concentration.
It has antiseptic and expectorant properties and is considered excellent perspiration.
Eating basil leaves, as a salad, fights constipation.
The infusion abdominal cramps and stomach nerves.
Basil tea helps digestion and soothes the intestines.
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