The Wild History of Basil: Sacred, Scary, and Strange!

[@Plantrums]

Sources: www.nparks.gov.sg/nparksbuzz/jan-issue-2021/gardening/basil---the-king-of-herbs nutritionalgeography.faculty.ucdavis.edu/spices/basil/ www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/herbal-medicine usbasilconsortium.rutgers.edu/all-about-basil/basil-history-and-culture/ pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8326315/ books.google.com/books/about/Astrological_Judgement_of_Diseases_from.html?id=dV40F_1e8WcC pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11655157/ pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8762307/ plantspecialists.com/blog/basil/ www.extension.iastate.edu/smallfarms/beauty-basil cornellbotanicgardens.org/explore/exhibits/seeds-of-survival-and-celebration/featured-plants/african-basil/ www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/ingredients/article/the-etymology-of-basil blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2017/06/a-pot-of-basil-in-every-household.html academics.hamilton.edu/foodforthought/our_research_files/herbs.pdf en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gerard pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4488100/#sec2 www.missiodeicatholic.org/p/saint-hildegard-von-bingen-herbalist-fb5 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10237160/ pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7007616/ "Herbs, Spices, and Flavorings" by Tom Stobart "A Modern Herbal Volume 1" Mrs. Maud Geiss Tulsi stories: muse.jhu.edu/pub/267/edited_volume/chapter/2703784 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulasi_in_Hinduism The fantastic ancient herbal books: John Gerard's Herball - archive.org/details/mobot31753000817749/page/548/mode/2up John Parkinson's Theatricum Botanicum - www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/256142 Jan Baptist von Helmont's Ortus medicinae - archive.org/details/BIUSante_pharma_011695x01/page/n107/mode/2up Nicholas Culpeper's The Complete Herbal - archive.org/details/b22009863/page/18/mode/2up Culpeper's Astrological Judgement of Diseases - books.google.com/books/about/Astrological_Judgement_of_Diseases_from.html?id=dV40F_1e8WcC

[@woodswitch23]

good story.Looking forward to more.

[@Plantrums]

Glad you're here!

[@PeppersnGlowworms]

Instructions unclear. Insulted my basil plants 🤬🌱🌱🌱 and am now engaged to a scorpion... 💍🦂 That aside: I really was only aware of the ethnobotany behind Holy Basil/Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum a.k.a Ocimum sanctum) and had no idea about the significance of "regular" basil!

[@Plantrums]

Can't wait to see what your wedding registry looks like. 💜

[@stevethomas9320]

Would worm castings be an appropriate wedding gift?

[@PeppersnGlowworms]

@stevethomas9320 Oh, sorry... The scorpion and I annuled the whole thing. We were afraid it might become a toxic relationship...

[@stevethomas9320]

People have wild imaginations ... or maybe it was the wild basil. I don't remember we sniffed a lot of basil that night.