Within Ayurveda tulsi is known as The Incomparable One Mother Medicine of Nature and The Queen of Herbs and is revered as an elixir of lifeâ that is without equal for both its medicinal and spiritual properties.[3] Within India tulsi has been adopted into spiritual rituals and lifestyle practices that provide a vast array of health benefits that are just beginning to be confirmed by modern science. This emerging science on tulsi which reinforces ancient Ayurvedic wisdom suggests that tulsi is a tonic for the body mind and spirit that offers solutions to many modern day health problems.