Description
Use the clove-like leaves in Italian cooking, or steep for a spicy tea. Seeds can be added to bread dough as a flavouring or soaked in water it becomes mucilaginous and is made into a refreshing beverage
Sweet basil has been used for thousands of years as a medicinal herb and is antibacterial, aromatic, antispasmodic and an appetizer among many other actions. It is digestive and eases flatulance and stomach cramps. Used in Indian and Chinese traditional medicine. It is insect repelling and can be grown indoors for flies, or among plants to deter whitefly. Common companion to tomato plants.
