[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877) › c5.s18.t2.15 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s18.t2.15 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s18.t2.15 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s18.t2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s18.t2.15) OCIMUM BASILICUM, Linn. \*Syn.\* Ocimum pilosum, Willd. \*Sans.\* बर्वर, \*Varvara\*. \*Vern.\* Bábui tulsi. \*Beng.\* The seeds of this plant, called \*rehán\* in the vernacular, are demulcent and nourishing. Steeped in water they swell into a mucilaginous jelly which is taken with the addition of sugar in dysentery, gonorrhoea and cough. - [Previous: c5.s18.t2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s18.t2.14) - [Next: c5.s18.t2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s18.t2.16) - [Up: c5.s18.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s18.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s18.t2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s18.t2.15) · Pramāṇa