I-Basil, eyaziwa kakhulu ngephunga layo elinamandla kanye nokunambitheka okubabayo okubabayo, kwase kucatshangwa ngu-Aristotle ngokuthi "isitshalo sasebukhosini". Ingasetshenziswa ngezindlela ezahlukene kuye ngomphumela oyifunayo: njengokufakwa, njengesifutho, ngokufaka amaqabunga e-basil endaweni yakini noma kwisisombululo esiphuzwayo… Ukwenza amafutha abalulekile e-basil, sisebenzisa amaqabunga nezimbali ezigaywe ngesitimu.¹. Amafutha abalulekile e-basil aboniswa ekwelapheni ukukhathazeka noma ukuqwasha kwemizwa. Ukuze unciphise izinkinga zokulala, uwoyela we-basil obalulekile ungasetshenziswa njengendlela yokusabalalisa ekamelweni noma ku-massage, ehlanjululwe emafutheni emifino. I-massage izophinde ithulise imisipha noma i-spasms yokugaya kanye nokukhathazeka. Ukusatshalaliswa kwamafutha abalulekile e-basil, ngakolunye uhlangothi, kuzovuselela umoya wekamelo lokulala futhi kudambise ukukhathala kobuchopho. Ubuhle bayo obuningi bukwenza kube umngane ongakhetha kukho ukuze ubuyise ukuzola kwakho ngaphambi kokulala.².

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