Health Benefits of scent leaf | Ocimum gratissimum

Excruciating menstrual cramps can be relieved by taking a hot extract from the leaf.

The scent leaf contains oil that has a preservative property. This is why foods cooked with scent leaves stay long before it gets sour.

The oil obtained from scent leaf can refresh and relax the body, and so, scent leaf is used in making aromatics like soaps, ointments, perfumes, and essential oils used for aromatherapy massage.

It is used as an insect-repellant. The leaf contains larvicidal compounds such as camphor, cineole, and limonene and can be used to ward off insects such as mosquitoes, houseflies, etc from the homes.

Scent leaf is a spicy seasoning vegetable that is grown both in the home and on the farm.

It is used either as a vegetable or seasoning in varieties of delicacies such as Ofe Akwu (Palm kernel stew), jollof rice, pepper soup, nkwobi, Jollof beans, yam porridge, plantain porridge, Egusi soup, and Ogbono soup by Benin people.

It is also known as African cloves, basil cloves, and wild cloves in Hawaii.

Scent leaf is essential to both kids and adults. It's health benefits are undeniably essential and effective.

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