Hoary basil, Feverplant, Kilimanjaro basil, Camphor basil

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swahili name

Kivumbasi

More Local Names

borana:
DIGO:
duruma:
giriama:
Vambamanga
kamba:
Mukandu/ Mieny
kauma:
kikuyu:
Mukuri/ Mugio
kipsigis:
kisii:
kuria:
luhya:
Mwonyi/ Omowonyo
LUO:
Mieny/Bwar
maasai:
Olemoran
maragoli:
meru:
mijikenda:
nandi:
NUBI:
OGIEK:
pokomo:
pokot:
rabai:
sabaot:
samburu:
suba:
TURKANA:

Scientific Name

Ocimum kilimandscharicum

plant family

Plant Details and use

For nose bleeding, 2 drops of the leaf juice are squeezed per nostril 2 times a day or during nose bleeding.
To manage headaches, fresh leaves are chewed 2-3 times a day.  Fresh leaves can also be added to bath water. Inhaling the steam from boiling leaves can also be effective.

Alternatively, 2l of boiling water is poured onto 20gms of leaves and flowers, it is left for 5 mins, filtered, and drunk warm, 3 times daily after meals.
2-3 leaves of the plant are chewed and swallowed. It acts as an antiacid and relieves stomach gases and indigestion. 

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