- Distinctive smell
- Antibacterial, antifungal and antiseptic
- Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties
- Larvicidal - kills the larvae of mosquitos
- Antipyretic - reduces fever or quells it
- Treatment and prevention of diseases and infections
- High in calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium, carbon and vitamin A
Helps In Reproductive Health: Scent leaf can help in the maintaining optimum penile health and sperm vitality. It also contains compounds which can help facilitate erection. In women it contains compounds that induce the hormone estrogen, kill the fungus that has been implicated in vaginal discharge, and delay menopause.
Scent Leaf Lowers Blood Sugar: Scent leaf has the ability to lower blood sugar levels, reduce cholesterol and prevent cancer from building up in the body. Another finding also shows that scent leaf can protect body tissue from damage caused by radiation.
Scent Leaf Aids Digestion: Scent leaf is an aromatic herb that has been proven to aid digestion, relieve bloating, helps bowel evacuation and weight management. Drinking scent leaf extract as juice can have a calming effect on the stomach and help treat digestive problems such as diarrhoea, lactose and irritable bowel syndrome. It is also known to cure heartburn, cough, menstrual pain, respiratory problems, constipation, appetite enhancer, nausea, etc.
Scent Leaf Promotes Good Eyesight: Another immeasurable health benefit of scent leaf is the ability to maintain and promote good eyesight due to its high content of vitamin A.
Boosts lactation: Are you a nursing mother, but your breast milk production is low? Scent leaves possess properties that help in lactation (production of breast milk).
Scent Leaf Improves Heart Health: The calcium and magnesium contained in scent leaf help to reduce bad cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein cholesterol) and increase blood circulation. Every 100 grams of fresh scent leaf have 33 grams of protein that helps improve heart health.
It Serves As Insect And Mosquito Repellent: Scent leaf can also be used as a powerful mosquito repellent when dry up under the sun and burn to ashes since it contains compounds like camphor, cineole and limonene which are larvicidal and harmful to mosquitoes existence or insects.
Anti-Inflammatory Properties: There are unimaginable anti-inflammatory properties in scent leaf that can help to avoid bad effects from inflammation and treat arthritis.
Scent Leaf Helps Treat Diarrhea: One of the indigenous method used in treating diarrhoea is scent leaf extract and it has been extensively demonstrated to be effective against some pathogenic bacteria known to cause this ailment including Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Shigella sp. and Salmonella sp.
Scent Leaf Use For Food Preservatives: Due to its antibacterial and antimicrobial properties, scent leaf oil extract is also used as a potent food preservative to keep away bacteria and fungi that may otherwise cause food spoilage.
How To Use Scent Leaf (Ocimum Gratissimum)
a) In making soups
b) Brewed as tea or juiced
