आयुर्वेदिक औषधीय पौधे

श्रीलंका की आयुर्वेदिक परंपरा में सदियों से इस्तेमाल होने वाले औषधीय पौधों की एक समृद्ध विविधता है। श्रीलंका में आयुर्वेदिक चिकित्सा की एक समृद्ध परंपरा है, जो अपने स्वदेशी ज्ञान और विभिन्न औषधीय पौधों पर आधारित है। श्रीलंका में पाए जाने वाले कुछ उल्लेखनीय आयुर्वेदिक औषधीय पौधे इस प्रकार हैं:

आयुर्वेदिक और हर्बल आयुर्वेद पर्यटन

Ocimum tenuiflorum (හීන්මදුරුතලා)

Ocimum tenuiflorum, commonly known as holy basil is an aromatic perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. Ocimum tenuiflorum is cultivated for religious and traditional medicine purposes, and also for its essential oil. It is widely used as a herbal tea, commonly used in Ayurveda. Annual or semi-shrubby perennial, to 1.05 m tall; young branches more densely hirsuit with reddish-purple hairs. Leaves 1.4-3 × 0.9-2.0 cm, puberulous above, hirtellous beneath, dotted on both surface with sessile oil glands; petioles0.4-1.8 cm long. Racemes to 12 cm long. Flora leaves 2 ×3 mm. Nutlets 1.5×1 mm, dark brown. This plant is well known for its medicinal and spiritual properties in Ayurveda which includes Malaria, Croup, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Diarrhoea, Gastric disorders, Hepatic infections, Earache, Vomiting, Worm infestation, Rheumatism, Bee stings, Wasp stings.

Common Name In Sri Lanka: Heen maduruthala (හීන්මදුරුතලා)
Scientific Name: Ocimum tenuiflorum
Habitat: Tropical and subtropical regions
Average Height: 30 - 100 cm