Basil
Herba Ocimi Basilici
Luo Le

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acrid; sweet; warm

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To course wind and resolve exterior, transform damp and harmonize center, move qi and quicken blood, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Common cold with headache, fever and cough, summerheat stroke, non-digestion of food accumulation, no thought of food and drink, distention fullness and pain in stomach duct and abdomen, vomiting and diarrhea, wind-damp impediment pain, emission, menstrual disorder, toothache, bad breath, damp-sore of skin, dormant papules with pruritus, knocks and falls, snake or insect bites.