Also called “Holy Basil”, the Latin botanical name is Ocimum sanctum, a name which echoes its holiness. In Hindu legend, the god Krishna once measured his power on a set of scales. Although no amount of gold piled on the scale could outweigh his power, one single leaf of Tulsi tea, placed on the scale with loving devotion, tipped the scale.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, these energy channels must remain in balance. If the yin-yang connection, is thrown out of balance by anger or grief, it can set off a chain reaction that stimulates health problems.
The finding comes from what researchers in Montreal believe to be the first outpatient clinical trial of smoked cannabis, involving 21 people with chronic neuropathic pain.
The results, which included improvements in mood and sleep, were published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.