| BASIC INFORMATION | |
|---|---|
| Plant name in Latin: | Ocimum basilicum |
| Herb name in Chinese: | 罗勒 |
| Herb name in Pinyin: | LUO LE |
| Herb name in English: | Basil |
| HERB PROPERTIES | |
| Herb property: | Warm |
| Herb flavor: | Pungent,Sweet |
| Herb meridian tropism: | Lung,Spleen,Large intestine |
| HERB DESCRIPTION | |
| Use part: | whole herb |
| Herb effect: | To course wind and resolve exterior, transform damp and harmonize center, move qi and quicken blood, resolve toxin and disperse swelling. |
| Herb indication: | 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. |
| CROSS REFERENCES | |
| TCMID id: | 3534 |
| HERB id: | HERB003595 |
| SymMap id: | NA |