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Is Tulsi Tea Good For You?

Holy basil tea may live up to its name.

November 15, 2010 |
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Y. H. Siddique, G. Ara, T. Beg, and M. Afzal. Anti-genotoxic effect of ocimum sanctum l. extract against cyproterone acetate induced genotoxic damage in cultured mammalian cells. Acta. Biol. Hung., 58(4):397-409, 2007.

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Image thanks to Miansari66 via Wikimedia Commons.

Transcript

If you do like herbals teas, though, in my talks in recent years we’ve learned that some herbal teas are good for you, and some herbal teas are bad for you. Let’s run through a few more that have been recently studied.
Tulsi tea, also known as holy basil. With such a pious name it’s got to be good right? Harmful, harmless, or helpful?
Wonderful stuff.

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Doctor's Note

Please feel free to post any ask-the-doctor type questions here in the comments section and I’d be happy to try to answer them. And check out theother “HHH” videos (Harmful, Harmless, or Helpful?). Also, there are over a thousand subjects covered in the rest of my videos–please feel free to explore them as well!

For some context, please check out my associated blog post: Soymilk: shake it up!

  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/mgreger/ Michael Greger M.D.

    Please feel free to post any ask-the-doctor type questions here in the comments section and I’d be happy to try to answer them. And check out the other “HHH” videos (Harmful, Harmless, or Helpful?). Also, there are over a thousand subjects covered in the rest of my videos–please feel free to explore them as well!

    • LynnCS

      I was hoping to hear how much to use. I bought some powdered Holy Basil, (Tulsi) and just add it to what ever I eat or drink. Didn’t think about making a tea of it. I got it because it talked about being good for adrenal fatigue. I do have a propensity to the overuse of edrenalin. Seems, as hard as I try, I still go to the ‘flight or fight’ reaction to most things. I’m working on it. Tulsi and Ashwaganda are two of my go to supplement powders right now to try to use some sort of natural intervention instead of taking a medical route for anxiety etc. Any other suggestions? Thanks for your great posts!

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