Basil Essential Oil

Product Description

Sweet Basil Oil comes from basil (Ocimum basilicum), a plant with a thick foliage and small white flowers.

Uses of Sweet Basil Oil:
Basil, especially its leaves and seeds, is used mainly for culinary purposes all over the world. Its a well-known fact that basil leaves are widely used in Italian cuisines like salads and pasta.

However, the essential oil from sweet basil is also often added in various foods such as spiced meats, sausages, tomato pastes, ketchups, pickles, and fancy vinegars. Dental creams and mouthwashes also use sweet basil oil as one of their ingredients.

Sweet basil oil is used in making perfumes, and can act as an insect repellent in your home as it possesses insecticidal agents that can repel flies and mosquitoes.

Sweet basil oil has diaphoretic, stimulant, carminative, and expectorant properties. It is effective in revitalizing dull hair and skin, and is also used in treating acne and skin infections.

Sweet basil oil also offers health benefits for your Digestive system, Immune system and Nervous system.