Tulsi Elixir (stress and immune support)
Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum) is such a beautiful plant and she smells so wonderful (she´s highly aromatic like her cousins in the mint family). Her other common name is Holy Basil which can make for a funny conversation if people aren´t familiar with Tulsi. I made a lot of tulsi lemonades to sell at the farmer´s market this year and talked about her quite a bit. (Many people thought I was calling basil a holy plant.…which it is…but also tulsi is actually holy basil and it´s a different species than regular basil).
Tulsi is a sacred and revered adaptogenic herb in the Indian tradition of Aryuveda. Adaptogens have been around for a long as plants but not under the name of adaptogens (that term has only been used since the 1960s).
In general plants like Tulsi that are categorized as adaptogens are non-toxic, non specific and normalizing.
What does all that mean? Non-toxic means they are food-like, tonic herbs that don´t have toxic properties to them. You take them regularly (in fact it is important to consume them regularly for them to have an effect on your physiology).
Adaptogens are also non-specific which means they don´t just affect one organ system in particular but rather increase resiliency for the whole organism by affecting multiple systems and in particular the HPA axis (more on that below).
Adaptogens are also normalizing which means that if you are high (anything of hyper state) they´ll get you lower and if you are low (any kind of hypo state), they´ll help get you higher. Example: if you have high blood pressure, adaptogens can over time help you lower your blood pressure. If you have low blood pressure they will have a normalizing effect over time which means your blood pressure rises. They also bring you back to center.
Adaptogens like Tulsi also are considered as such because they have an effect on the HPA axis. The HPA axis is hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenal axis. It is the communication pathway between your brain and your adrenal glands. When communication is optimal, the secretion of stress hormones like cortisol will be better regulated. We need cortisol to get out of bed and be motivated. But we want it to be secreted at the right time and in the right quantities. That´s where adaptogenic support from Tulsi and other plants comes in.
Suggested usage and dosage for Tulsi Elixir:
Take one dropperful once or twice a day as a general self-care, maintenance routine. You can place the elixir straight into the mouth or you can also add it to a small amount of water and drink it. Try this routine for at least three weeks to notice an increase in your body´s resiliency. After 3 -4 weeks you can try another adaptogen for a while to change things up. Check out my Schisandra elixir here.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any diseases.
Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum) is such a beautiful plant and she smells so wonderful (she´s highly aromatic like her cousins in the mint family). Her other common name is Holy Basil which can make for a funny conversation if people aren´t familiar with Tulsi. I made a lot of tulsi lemonades to sell at the farmer´s market this year and talked about her quite a bit. (Many people thought I was calling basil a holy plant.…which it is…but also tulsi is actually holy basil and it´s a different species than regular basil).
Tulsi is a sacred and revered adaptogenic herb in the Indian tradition of Aryuveda. Adaptogens have been around for a long as plants but not under the name of adaptogens (that term has only been used since the 1960s).
In general plants like Tulsi that are categorized as adaptogens are non-toxic, non specific and normalizing.
What does all that mean? Non-toxic means they are food-like, tonic herbs that don´t have toxic properties to them. You take them regularly (in fact it is important to consume them regularly for them to have an effect on your physiology).
Adaptogens are also non-specific which means they don´t just affect one organ system in particular but rather increase resiliency for the whole organism by affecting multiple systems and in particular the HPA axis (more on that below).
Adaptogens are also normalizing which means that if you are high (anything of hyper state) they´ll get you lower and if you are low (any kind of hypo state), they´ll help get you higher. Example: if you have high blood pressure, adaptogens can over time help you lower your blood pressure. If you have low blood pressure they will have a normalizing effect over time which means your blood pressure rises. They also bring you back to center.
Adaptogens like Tulsi also are considered as such because they have an effect on the HPA axis. The HPA axis is hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenal axis. It is the communication pathway between your brain and your adrenal glands. When communication is optimal, the secretion of stress hormones like cortisol will be better regulated. We need cortisol to get out of bed and be motivated. But we want it to be secreted at the right time and in the right quantities. That´s where adaptogenic support from Tulsi and other plants comes in.
Suggested usage and dosage for Tulsi Elixir:
Take one dropperful once or twice a day as a general self-care, maintenance routine. You can place the elixir straight into the mouth or you can also add it to a small amount of water and drink it. Try this routine for at least three weeks to notice an increase in your body´s resiliency. After 3 -4 weeks you can try another adaptogen for a while to change things up. Check out my Schisandra elixir here.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any diseases.
Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum) is such a beautiful plant and she smells so wonderful (she´s highly aromatic like her cousins in the mint family). Her other common name is Holy Basil which can make for a funny conversation if people aren´t familiar with Tulsi. I made a lot of tulsi lemonades to sell at the farmer´s market this year and talked about her quite a bit. (Many people thought I was calling basil a holy plant.…which it is…but also tulsi is actually holy basil and it´s a different species than regular basil).
Tulsi is a sacred and revered adaptogenic herb in the Indian tradition of Aryuveda. Adaptogens have been around for a long as plants but not under the name of adaptogens (that term has only been used since the 1960s).
In general plants like Tulsi that are categorized as adaptogens are non-toxic, non specific and normalizing.
What does all that mean? Non-toxic means they are food-like, tonic herbs that don´t have toxic properties to them. You take them regularly (in fact it is important to consume them regularly for them to have an effect on your physiology).
Adaptogens are also non-specific which means they don´t just affect one organ system in particular but rather increase resiliency for the whole organism by affecting multiple systems and in particular the HPA axis (more on that below).
Adaptogens are also normalizing which means that if you are high (anything of hyper state) they´ll get you lower and if you are low (any kind of hypo state), they´ll help get you higher. Example: if you have high blood pressure, adaptogens can over time help you lower your blood pressure. If you have low blood pressure they will have a normalizing effect over time which means your blood pressure rises. They also bring you back to center.
Adaptogens like Tulsi also are considered as such because they have an effect on the HPA axis. The HPA axis is hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenal axis. It is the communication pathway between your brain and your adrenal glands. When communication is optimal, the secretion of stress hormones like cortisol will be better regulated. We need cortisol to get out of bed and be motivated. But we want it to be secreted at the right time and in the right quantities. That´s where adaptogenic support from Tulsi and other plants comes in.
Suggested usage and dosage for Tulsi Elixir:
Take one dropperful once or twice a day as a general self-care, maintenance routine. You can place the elixir straight into the mouth or you can also add it to a small amount of water and drink it. Try this routine for at least three weeks to notice an increase in your body´s resiliency. After 3 -4 weeks you can try another adaptogen for a while to change things up. Check out my Schisandra elixir here.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any diseases.