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Health Benefits of Tulsi Ginger Herbal Drink To Prevent Many Diseases
By Dr. Narendra Singh
B.Sc, MBBS, MD
Director, International Institute of Herbal Medicine
 Herbal Drink is a blend of three Tulsi leaves
(Rama, Krishna and Vana) plus dry Ginger {Adrak) particulates.
Who does not want to enjoy the taste and flavour of a
herbal drink? Addition of Ginger to the Tulsi adds to
the aroma of original Tulsi drink, besides, providing
many other beneficial effects to the human systems in
health and disease. Tulsi being one of the strongest adaptogens
(anti-stress agent), meaning thereby a substance which
helps adaptive body processes against many stressful situations
of day to day life.
In most of the human diseases stress is a contributing factor,
if not, atleast it can aggravate any disease caused by
physical (cold, heat, injury and radiation
etc), chemical (polluted environment
with lead fumes and hydrocarbons, sulphides and toxic
chemicals in food, vegetables, fruit and grains etc) and
biological (infections, fungal, bacterial
and viral) and emotional (mainly in human
like loss of some dear ones) stresses.
Tulsi works by modulating immunoresponses, and enhancing
energy enzymes, thus, helps to maintain health and control
diseases like heart attack, hypertension, diabetes, asthma,
jaundice and cancer etc.
Adaptogens like Tulsi are also staminator, anti-fatigue, anti-ageing and anabolic (increase protein synthesis) agents in general.
Addition of Ginger not only adds to the flavour and taste
for many users but also gives many other advantages to
human health e.g. being antioxidant helps reduce cell
damage caused by free radicals (harmful chemicals formed
inside body tissue which cause death of cells). Ginger
is used by Indians in day to day life as a spice and mixed
with honey as a powder or fresh juice as a household remedy
for cough, colds and for bringing out sputum. Its anti-nausea
and anti-emetic (anti-vomiting) effects are very useful
in "Motion Sickness". While the aroma of Ginger takes
away nausea and its effect on the stomach relieves vomiting.
Combination with Tulsi enhances the anti-motion sickness
effect. Hence, Tulsi Ginger Herbal Drink becomes very
effective treatment for motion sickness during travel
by bus in mountains, sea voyages and air travel. This
should be taken ½ an hour before start of the journey.
The carminative and digestive effect of Ginger and Tulsi
compliment each other and improve gastric functions. Besides
this, Ginger has been found to be very effective in hypercholesterolaemia
which in many cases is responsible for blocking of arteries
of heart and brain causing heart attacks and strokes.
The basic function of Ginger is to inhibit the formation
of plaques formed by bad cholesterol like Low Density
Lipoproteins (LDL).
Tulsi Ginger combination is not only palatable to palate but also removes Halitosis (Bad Breath).
Thus, Tulsi and Ginger combination is ideal Herbal drink
for prevention and cure of many human ailments and maintaining
a healthy life style.
Two to three cups of this Herbal drink taken daily can provide benefit for human health against day to day stresses of life.
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