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the herb you see here is called Mexican mint
it is called Karpoorvalli or Omavalli in Tamil. The botanical name is
Coleus Aromaticus.
Stuffy nose, body pain, neck pain, headache cough and cold are some
ailments that predominantly affect almost everyone doing the winter season
One of the herbs much sought after to treat these
these conditions is Karpooravalli. It can be grown in the home garden
just like the holy basil
The karpooravalli herb has a hairy stem
and thick hairy rugged looking but soft leaves with toothed
edges. The leaf has an astringent taste. The mature leaves of the herb has a good
amount of menthol
which helps in reducing the inflammation due to phlegm in chest
It is a herb used in treating all types of cough
It is an excellent expectorant
it induces sweat and brings down the temperature in fevers
the medicinal property of the leaf can be utilized in a number of
time tested ways.
thoroughly cleaned karpooravalli leaves can be put in boiled and cooled drinking water
and then filtered off after one or two hours. By this time
the water would have turned sightly greenish
this water can be given to children for drinking purposes
doing this for a couple of days brings down the intensity of
cough and cold in children
One well known method of treating tough chest phlegm in kids is as follows
Collect equal quantity of karpooravalli and holy basil leaves
saute the leaves slightly and then crush them to collect 5-10 ml
of juice from the leaves. This is given twice a day
both morning and evening after food. Regular intake for a week
expels even the toughest of phlegm in a gentle painless way