Pain relief in your garden.Here is something new to chew on. Those beautiful, fragrant, and delicious basil plants in your garden have pain-relieving properties. According to scientists at Michigan State University Michigan State University, at East Lansing; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855. It opened in 1857 as Michigan Agricultural College, the first state agricultural college. , basil contains several antioxidants in its volatile oils that act just like some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) Aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, and many others. Mentioned in: Mastocytosis such as ibuprofen ibuprofen (ī`by  prō'fən), nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that reduces pain, fever, and inflammation. and Celebrex. When isolated at high enough concentrations these oils worked as well as ibuprofen, naproxen naproxen and naproxen sodium, potent nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) used to alleviate the minor pain of arthritis, menstruation, headaches, and the like, and to reduce fever. , and aspirin in research trials. Eating pesto on your pasta may not have any effect on your aches and pains, but it does give researchers something to chew on for future study. (Phytomedicine, 2000, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 7-13) |
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