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Green Basil Seeds: (Basil Seed, Ocimum Basilicum Seed, Holy Basil Seed, Sabja Seeds) Basil has a warm, spicy, yet herbal aroma known to enhance memory function while reducing stress and tension. Basil provides restorative benefits to both the mind, and body due to its high linalool content, making it an ideal application for sore muscles, and joints, and to reduce tension when applied to the temples, and back of the neck.Basil is commonly used in cooking. Basil is cooling to the skin, and can be used to soothe minor irritations. When diffused, Basil helps promote clear breathing, and healthy respiratory function while sharpening focus, and lessening stress. Basil is also considered a highly effective herb with remedial and medicinal properties.It is usually consumed as a spice and added to salads, cooked dishes, soups, smoothies, and even desserts! In India, basil seeds are soaked overnight and used to make some popular desserts such as faluda and sharbat-e-rihan. Basil is full of therapeutic chemical compounds that form the basis of many essential oils and give it the distinctive fragrance and flavor which closely resembles that of clove.Basil leaves themselves contain many remedial essential oils such as eugenol, citronellol, linalool, citral, limonene, and terpineol. These oils are anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial. Other than the oils, Basil is also full of polyphenolic flavonoids like orientin and vicenin which act as amazing antioxidants. Vitamin A and K are found in abundant quantities in Basil along with other micro-nutrients.One can go on and on about the health benefits of Basil because they are so many but we'd simply suggest growing your own healthy variety of this herb to get a fresh supply all season around. The pure, non-hybrid, and open-pollinated seed variety at ATG (AllThatGrows) will ensure that you get a fresh and bountiful yield.