This plant is widely used in Dominica for a range of medicinal purposes.
Do you know what it is called and some of its medical properties?
Let’s see how good you are in remembering some of grandma’s knowledge of local herbs.
Have fun and enjoy the weekend.
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Bazailic of Peppermint
That plant is basalic. It is known in the US as basil-there are several kinds.
It is a good tea, hot or cold. Because of its strong aroma, it is highly recommended along with thyme, in the marinating of lamb. It is also the main ingredient in the process of making pesto-a combination of basil, garlic, lemon juice and olive oil. Great in pasta dishes especially if you suffer from acid reflux and cannot digest the tomato sauces very well.
Its a bad picture, even so I dont see bazil in that.
basil great with lamb!
Bazalic
Basalic
No matter how it’s spelt it’s Bazailic- my all time favourite tea!!! What a nice bush tea!!! mmmmmmmmm!! Garcon, ca bon!!!
baslic love it grow it every summer
its peppermint
Basil…………….deworming kids, bad stomach, makes good pesto for cooking pasta
Once I saw the picture I new it was bazelic. When I was a child in La,plaine that use to be my morning tea I drink enough bazelic and cimecotwa, and now I have to buy a little bundle for so much money. Well I have a Bazil plant in my kitchen. Anyway thank you Ama for all the Bazelic wack you use to five me, may your soul rest in peace.
peppermint.good for gas
That is Basil or Basilic I have some seeds that I plant every spring.
We had the biggest basilic tree I ever seen when I was a young boy,it was like five feet tall, that was breakfast and dinner.
It is called Bazellic. We use it for tea, bathe and for pafumeage.
Peppermint tree
its a coconut tree!
Tabac Zorbi
Basialic my fav bush tea, always come back in d us with dried leaves and packaged box
Common DNO. Give us a better shot than that, please, even though I can see its bazelik plant
Basalic…Nice bush tea..As a child it was one of the many bush teas given to ‘chovay chey’..lol…As the saying was…meaning ‘warm your chest’ the first drink for the morning..Good old days..
That used to be my favorite herbal tea in Dominica. I now know its name as Basil, but I am sure we called it (Bazailic) in Dominica. I cannot spell words that are spoken in patois.
I agree.
It has anti-inflamatory and anti-bacterial properties as well as containing minerals and vitamins (depending on the soil that they were grown in).
basalic bush
We grow it so this is basalick. Smells very good and the tea has a sweet aroma too.
Pepermint??
Bazellic.
good bush tee, goood for worms. so i here
Ocimum Basilicum aka bazalic…is used to:
lower blood pressure,sugar n stress levels,
as an antinflammatory
clean the blood
lower colesterol
pepermint…..
It is referred to as Basil, and also Basilic. Scientific name is Ocimum Basilicum.
Locally, we call it “bazaylic.” Makes a nice ‘bush tea’
BASALIC
HOWEVER IT IS SPELT
Is This the “BAZELLIC”(spelling is wrong)
It’s good for the cold or would go down very nice with milk (klim)
Very easy to grow even in the cold!