The basil is a shrub 100-150 cm tall, dense in leaves and has an romantic smell and white or voilet flowers, and from the nature of this plant carries high soil salinity and its needs regular irrigation and must be fertilized monthly. Basil is grown throughout the year and agriculturaly advised to cut flowers and prune the plant strongly and always to help it grow.
This plant is one of the annual aromatic plants belonging to the oral family of which mint is a part, the cultivation of basil began more than five thousand years ago, and the height of the plant may reach one metre.It leaves are thin, and their colors range from green to purple, and sizes vary between large leaves the size of lettuce, and very small leaves. It is native to India and the Middle east, and its cultivation has been known in the hot regions of Africa and Asia for many centuries, there are more than 150 types of basil. This plant is popular in most countries of the world, and it provides a range of vitamins and minerals important for human health, and its also contains high levels of antioxidants. Basil has many benefits, its reduce axidative stress and its promotes liver health, and contributes to reducing depression, people who ate basil leaves daily experienced lower levels of stress, depression and anxiety, its also reduce memory loss associated with aging and stress, also reduce the risk of stroke and risk of developing some types of cancer, such as : Breast, colon and pancreatic cancer, its contributes to reducing cholesterol levels this is done by targeting the metabolism, thus reducing the proportion of fats which in turn affects high cholesterol levels. Basil helps in lower blood sugar levels, its has been shown that eating this herb helps prevent symptoms of diabetes from appearing, such as high cholesterol and insulin resistance.
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