Ocimum canum
Made from basil — the sacred tulsi of India whose modern pharmacology is genuinely active, and the classical remedy of the right-sided kidney stone.
The whole picture, in one breath
Think of the right kidney in crisis: colic that seizes the right kidney and drives the sufferer wild, urine with red sand and mucus, blood at the end of the stream, vomiting with the pain — the portrait of the stone on the move. The right-sided renal colic: that is Ocimum.
The substance, in plain words
Basil is tulsi — the sacred, medicinal basil of India, its essential oils genuinely antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and adaptogenic in modern laboratory research. The proving gave the classical right-kidney colic portrait, one of the most precise organ-localisations in the urinary chapter.
The traditional picture Classical sources
The inner state
- Fury with the colic. The books paint the sufferer wild with pain — crying out, throwing off help.
- Anxiety and restlessness. Fear of the next paroxysm, worse as the sand appears.
- Irritability. Cross, worse from noise during the attacks.
The body
- Right renal colic. The keynote: colic of the right kidney — a localisation so precise the books made it the remedy's identity.
- Red sand and mucus. The urine deposits red sand and mucous shreds.
- Blood at the end of the stream. Haematuria appearing as the flow finishes.
- Vomiting with the colic. Nausea and vomiting riding the renal paroxysm.
- Worse motion and night. The colic seizes at night and forbids all movement.
- Better for rest Stillness, warmth and the sand's passage bring relief.
Modalities (worse and better factors)
| Worse from ⬇ | Better from ⬇ |
|---|---|
| motion; night; jarring; the colic's hours. | rest; warmth; the sand's passage. |
Where it acts (organ affinities)
Kidneys (right), ureters, urine, general vitality.
Where the classical picture comes from
The sacred basil's proving gave the right-kidney colic portrait; in the era of passing stones without surgery, Ocimum was the colic's companion, its red-sand signature read like a report from the urinary tract.
The substance in real medicine Pharmacology
What this section is: the pharmacology and toxicology of the source substance. It is not clinical evidence that a homeopathic preparation of it treats any condition. What controlled trials do and do not show is set out on the Evidence page.
Tulsi's modern pharmacology is genuinely active: its ursolic acid and essential oils show antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and metabolic effects in laboratory studies, and it is among Ayurveda's most-researched plants. The stones it accompanied are now imaged by ultrasound and shattered by lithotripsy — the colic's modern ending is radiology, not basil.
Look-alikes (how the classical authors told it apart)
| Remedy | Looks similar because… | Tells it apart because… |
|---|---|---|
| Berberis vulgaris | Renal colic, radiating | Berberis radiates and bubbles from either kidney; Ocimum owns the right one with red sand. |
| Pareira brava | Colic, straining | Pareira's is the kneeling strainer; Ocimum the right-kidney colic with vomiting. |
| Lycopodium clavatum | Right kidney, gravel | Lycopodium's right kidney aches at 4–8 p.m. with gravel; Ocimum's seizes in colic. |
| Hydrangea arborescens | Stone, gravel | Hydrangea is the chronic stone-and-gravel remedy; Ocimum the acute right-sided colic. |