Basil as an alternative medicine?

Well I do know that a number of herbs do possess medicinal properties, although I am not sure about basil specifically. Before venturing into this I do think you should look more closely into basil in order to see how it might help you health. But I do think getting treatments from these sorts of natural sources is excellent!

basil can help detox the body, so anything that can benefit from detoxification will be treated with basil :) it's a super herb :) very healthy and has great smell

Without pulling out the herb books, I can tell you basil is of the mint family so my guess would be if mint is something you would use you can also use basil for medication. Mainly for stomach upsets.

Mmmm. I love to cook with basil. I know that it tastes good but i actually have no idea if i can be used in medicinal methods. I know that many different types of herbs were used as medicine way back before our days of pills and syrups. i think that many of our modern day medicines are composed of herbs and plants that are natural. that why early doctors talked to people who were used to working with nature to figure out new medicine. They integrated the old methods to make new medicine.