Feeling bothered and blue? This old-fashioned herbal remedy might brighten your day. "The ordinary Basill is in a manner wholly spent to make sweet, or washing waters, and sometimes it is put into nosegays. The Physicall (medicinal) properties are, to procure a cheerefull and merry heart…" John Parkinson, Paradis in Sole, 1629 A modern version: add a few drops of basil oil to a scent diffuser.