What is Tulsi & Equinacea?

Question

Could you please tell me what do you know about Tulsi and Equinacea. Are they good to cure a cold? How can I prepare them?

Answer 1

Hi bellagonzalez, first, let’s get the pronunciation right, it is pronounced eh-kin-AY-sha. The echinacea herb is very important to grow in your herb garden for use in herbal medicine. As herbal medicine, the echinacea herb is useful in all its parts. Yes, scads of studies that showed the usefulness of the echinacea herb for colds and flu. But there have also been studies that claim it as worthless. You will have to try it to see how it affects you. Look article: http://www.askedweb.com/askedweb/Raising_The_Echinacea_Herb_In_Your_Herb_Garden_For_Use_In_Herbal_Medicine/

Tulsi ( Holy Basil), ( Tulasi): Tulsi has antioxidant properties, and helps boost the body's ability to fight off damaging free radicals, which have been linked to disease and aging. It is an adaptogen that helps the body fight the effects of ongoing stress and also balances the mind, nerves and emotions. Tulsi maintains the health of the throat chest and lungs. In fact, it helps protect the entire respiratory tract. It is an anti-inflammatory. A herb that promotes optimum respiratory support. Tulasi has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, expectorant properties and is useful in respiratory tract infections. It helps during respiratory stress.

There are some people that should not use echinacea in their herbal medicine routine. It is most important to always check with your doctor before starting any herbal medicine regime.
You can do teas from this herbs and to drink for you a cold. You can buy an extracts these herbs dried or in supplements in most health food stores.
Jason Homan

Answer 2

Echinacea Angustifolia is also known as purple cone flower, it can be used to boost the body's production of white blood cells, helping to fight off bacterial infections, and can be used in place of antibiotic treatment in some cases, especially when combined with other herbs. It won't cure a cold, but it seems to lessen a colds' severity if taken early.

If you aren't familiar with herbs, DO NOT attempt to pick them wild by yourself!!! Many "herb wildcrafters" have suffered from accidental poisoning, picking the wrong plant, or using it in the wrong dose.

Go to a reputable herbalist, or naturopath, to have them help choose the treatment best suited to you. Also, if you feel confident, there are many very good brands of prepared herbal tinctures available at health food stores and nutrition centers. Follow the dosing very carefully, and try to avoid buying blends. Single or "simple" tinctures can be used very effectively, but if you take a blend of 3-4-5 or more herbs in one bottle and have an allergic reaction, you will find it difficult to find which one caused the problem, though this is a rare problem.
If you have the Latin name for "tulsi" Or would like herb info on any certain ailments please write me! :)

good luck.

Answer 3

Tulasi(Tulsi is Hindi corruption) is Occimum teniflorum/Occimum sanctum---Holy Basil leaves---if you get the right Indian species--a decoction with black pepper and cumin seeds and sugar candy give mild releif in common cold-not dramatic releif.