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🌿 Herb

Basil

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Clinical Trials
1
Meta-Analyses
2
PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
NCT04710888
Basil Extract (Ocimum Basilicum) in the Management of Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis
Unknown · Phase 2
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
CRD42020199843
Efficacy of Ocimum extracts in the treatment of gingival and periodontal disease.- A systematic review
Periodontal disease is inflammation of gums and its supporting tissue structure.
📚 Sample References
PMID 34671255
Evaluation of Biosafety, Antiobesity, and Endothelial Cells Proliferation Potential of Basil Seed Extract Loaded Organic Solid Lipid Nanoparticle
Front Pharmacol · 2021
PMID 35126122
Ocimum basilicum Essential Oil Modulates Hematotoxicity, Oxidative Stress, DNA Damage, and Cell Cycle Arrest Induced by β-cyfluthrin in Rat Liver
Front Pharmacol · 2022
🌿 All Herb data fields for Basil
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Luo Le
中文名 (Chinese)
罗勒
Latin Name
Herba Ocimi Basilici
English Name
Basil
Alias Names
熏草; 燕草; 蕙草; 西王母菜; 兰香; 零陵香; 香草; 香菜; 铃铃香; 铃子香; 翳子草; 矮糠; 千层塔; 九层塔; 香花子; 家佩兰; 苏薄荷; 紫苏薄荷; 鱼香; 薄荷树; 省头草; 香佩兰
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Acrid; Sweet; Warm
Meridians (归经)
Lung; Spleen; Stomach; Large Intestine
Part Used
Whole herb
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To course wind and resolve exterior, transform damp and harmonize center, move qi and quicken blood, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.
Indication (主治)
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.
🔗 External References
TCMID
3534
TCM-ID
1374
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (26 fields)
name
Basil
chinese name
罗勒
pinyin name
Luo Le
latin name
Herba Ocimi Basilici
english name
Basil
properties english
Acrid; Sweet; Warm
meridians english
Lung; Spleen; Stomach; Large Intestine
use part
Whole herb
tcmid id
3534
herb id str
HERB003595
function text
To course wind and resolve exterior, transform damp and harmonize center, move qi and quicken blood, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.
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.
tcm id id
1374
alias name
熏草; 燕草; 蕙草; 西王母菜; 兰香; 零陵香; 香草; 香菜; 铃铃香; 铃子香; 翳子草; 矮糠; 千层塔; 九层塔; 香花子; 家佩兰; 苏薄荷; 紫苏薄荷; 鱼香; 薄荷树; 省头草; 香佩兰

🏥 Linked Health Topics

1 · diseases via target pathways

📋 Clinical Trials

1 · subject of clinical study
NCT04710888 Basil Extract (Ocimum Basilicum) in the Management of Recurrent Aphthous Stomati
→ Oral Ulcer

📊 Meta-Analyses

1 · systematic review
CRD42020199843 Efficacy of Ocimum extracts in the treatment of gingival and periodontal disease
→ Periodontal disease is inflammation of gums and it

📚 PubMed References

2 · cited research
PMID 34671255 Evaluation of Biosafety, Antiobesity, and Endothelial Cells Proliferation Potent
Front Pharmacol
PMID 35126122 Ocimum basilicum Essential Oil Modulates Hematotoxicity, Oxidative Stress, DNA D
Front Pharmacol
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