Blooms all summer long. A very beautiful vining plant whose edible root has been used in Korean cuisine and to treat ailments of the lung including bronchitis, laryngitis, pleurisy, chest pain and tonsillitis. A variety of basil from Thailand with a delicious spicy anise-clove scent that is much used for cooking in the Orient. The leaves of the plant aid in digestion and stimulate the bowels to a small degree. Has a somewhat musky-fruity scent and is good for cooking and salads.
Medicinal qualities are aromatic and warming, benefits digestion and is often used to make a tonic.
Used in Chinese medicine to expel heat, purge fever, stop bleeding, and to detoxify poisons. An easy to grow plant that belongs in every flower bed, it will reach up to 3 ft. tall. The seeds and the flowers of the plant have been used as a mild aphrodisiac, blood diseases, and urinary tract infections. A graceful shrub with beautiful blue to lilac flowers that can be grown inside in tubs. Outside it will reach 10 ft.