With innumerable healing properties, this specific product is curated for children and has mild flavours to make it appealing to children. Children may even enjoy drinking this blend due to its aromatic aromatic properties. Here are some of its benefits in detail –

Digestion process:

• It improves the child’s digestive system and gives relief from various ailments such as indigestion, heartburn, bloating, vomiting, intestinal gas, diarrhoea, dysentery, intestinal worms, etc.
• It is also known to boost one’s appetite.
• Enhances the efficient digestion, absorption and use of nutrients from food and other herbs.

Neurocognition: Benefits include reduced stress, anxiety and depression, as well as enhanced working memory and cognitive attention.

Immunomodulation and Inflammation: Beneficial immune responses including increased natural killer and T-helper cells in healthy adults and improved immune response to viral infections. Patients with asthma reported enhanced vital capacity and relief from asthmatic symptoms. Dosage: 10g per day – 1 month.

Oral Health & Healing: By gargling and pulling (Ayurvedic mouthwash) population of several oral bacteria will reduce, and a substantial control in gingival bleeding and purulent discharge can be brought about. Dosage is 1 gm for 3 weeks.

Pain Killer: Tulsi may be a Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor, like many modern painkillers, due to its high concentration of eugenol.

IMMUNE SYSTEM – (inflammatory response, white blood cells, lymph glands)

• Strengthens and modulates the immune system – Immunomodulatory effects
• Improves immune response – enhances humoral (body fluids) and cellular immunity
• Increases cell-mediated immunity – both in the number of immune defence cells and also in their activity.
• Anti-inflammatory similar to aspirin and ibuprofen, but unlike aspirin and ibuprofen it doesn’t cause irritation in the stomach.
• Reduces asthmatic and other adverse immune reactions
• Antiviral properties – successful in helping children cope with viral hepatitis, viral encephalitis and AIDS-virus
• Contains eugenol – known to be anti-viral and one of the best herbal antibiotics
• Antioxidant – reduced oxidative stress
• Anti-allergic – management of immunological disorders including allergies and asthma
• Antibiotic protection – offers significant natural antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties, thereby is helpful in providing relief from many serious systemic diseases, as well as localised infections
• Relieves one from canker sores and is useful in providing relief from gum infection

NERVOUS SYSTEM – (brain, spinal cord, nerves)

• Anti-convulsions potential
• Increased motor activity, which is essential for physical and mental well being of children
• Pain relieving ability
• Normalises neurotransmitter levels in the brain
• Influences the neurochemistry of the brain in a manner similar to antidepressant medications
• Acts as a nerve tonic-sharpens memory
• Prevents or reduces fevers
• Provides relief from malaria and typhoid

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM – (respiration, nose, trachea, lungs)

• Contributes generally to respiratory health – supports healthy pulmonary function and provides lung and bronchial support
• Helpful in the treatment of a variety of serious allergic, inflammatory and infectious disorders affecting the lungs and related tissues
• Used to strengthen the respiratory system – one of the main herbs to relieve one from cough and cold
• Used for bronchial asthma; has expectorant and bronchodilator properties
• Used in relieving one from respiratory ailments such as Bronchitis and Tuberculosis
• Acts as anti-inflammation of mucous membranes and anti-phlegm
• Used to relieve one from Rhinitis (inflammation of nasal mucus membrane)
• Relief from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
• Good expectorant, especially when one has fever
• Provides relief from cold and flu

Tulsi name in Indian Languages:

Tulsi, Basil, Holy Basil (in English); Ocimum tenuiflorum (Botanical Name); Thulsi (in Hindi); Thulasi, Tulasi (in Tamil); Thulasi Aakulu (in Telugu); Sivatulasi (in Malayalam); Krishna tulsi, rama tulsi, ramtulsi (other names)