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PRESENTED BYSukanta Das

M.SC 1ST SEMESTER,

INTRODUCTION:

Medicinal plants:- plants with recognized medical use. As pharmaceutical products as plants in herbal medicine preparation. Some plants are cultivated some are found as wild plants in forest. Now a days cultivation encouraged for mass production .

In India 20,000 such sp.are found. Basaka is one of them.

Botanical Name : Adhatoda vasica

Common Name: Adulsa

Classification Kingdom: Plantae

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: NA

Order: Lamiales

Family: Acanthaceae

Genus: Adhatoda

Species: vasica

Part used: Leaves, roots, flowers, bark

Medicinal Properties Alternative, antispsmodic, diuretic, expectorant.

Medicinal Use

Asthma, bleeding, bronchitis, cough, diabetes, diarrhea, dysentery, epilepsy, fever, flu, hysteria, insainty, neuralgia, rheumatic pain, skin disorders, swelling, TB, urinary disorders, vomiting, wasting.

Chemistry: quinazoline alkaloid, vasicine, Vasicol, adhatodinine and vasicinol

Cultivation : grows in wide range of soils & climatic condition.

Flowering & fruiting: December to april

Description

It is a large shrub grows crowded along waste land, roadsides etc. Leaves are simple, opposite, ovate-lanceolate, acute and shiny. Flowers are white in capsule shape.

ADHATODA VASICA (VASAKA)

Filed under:

Tags: Acanthaceae, Adatodai, Adulsa, Arusa, Bakas, Malabar Nut Tree

Plant Family : Acanthaceae

Common name : Adatodai, Arusa, Adulsa, Bakas, Malabar A

Origin : A small evergreen, sub-herbacious bush which grows commonly in open plains, especially in the lower Himalayas (up to 1000 meters above sea level), India, Sri Lanka, Burma and Malaysia.

Botanical Identification

Vasaka is a dense perennial shrub.

Leaves are of dark green colour above and pale yellow below. Flowers are typical, white arranged in pendunculated spike

History : Adhatoda leaves have been used extensively in Ayurvedic Medicine for more than over 2000 years primarily for respiratory disorders

Tradition : It was used by traditional midwives at the time of delivery

Medicinal Parts Used : Leaves, roots, flowers and stem bark

Contains

Leaves • Quinazoline Alkaloids

- Vasicine – 45-95% (the mucolytic drug bromhexine was developed from this alkaloid)

N-oxides of vasicine – Vasicinone

- Deoxyvasicine – Oxyvasicinine

- Maiontone Essential oil

Flowers • b-sitosterol-D-glucoside • Kaempferol

• Glycosides of kaempferol • Queretin

Roots • Vasicinolone • Vasicol • Peganine

• Hydroxy oxychalcone • Glucosyl oxychalcone

Ayurvedic pharmacology

Taste (Rasa) : Bitter, Astringent.

Quality (Guna) : Light, Unctous.

Post Digestion Effect (Vipak) : Pungent

Potency (Virya) : Cold

Adhatoda vasica is used for

Bleeding Disorders :

• bleeding due to idiopathic (unknown) thrombocytopenic (blood does not have enough platelets) purpura (excessive bruising)

Cardiovascular Conditions

• moderate hypotensive activity (lowers blood pressure)

• pulmonary diseases

Female Diseases

• assists uterine involution (rolling or turning inward)

• menorrhagia (excessive menstrual bleeding)

• uterine stimulant activity

Gastrointestinal Conditions

• dyspepsia

• local bleeding due to peptic ulcer and/or piles

Respiratory Tract Conditions

• acute and chronic bronchitis often combined with the herbs Licorice and Marshmallow for soothing the respiratory tract

• allergic asthma, often combined with the herbs Tylophora, etc.

• antihistamine effects (the leaves may be dried and smoked to relieve asthma)

• broncho-dilation effects

• emphysema

• obstructive airway disease (chronic)

• phthisis (wasting of the ssues as in tuberculosis)

• relieves cough and breathlessness

USEs OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF BASAKA

LEAVES: Asthma,piles,diarrhoea.

Flower: Ophthamia

Bark: Acidity, heart disease.

Root: Discharged of placenta after delivery in cattle.

CONCLUSION

Vasaka is an important medicinal plant in our community. Curative aspect of vasaka influenced by their use in medicinal purposes. In Ayurvedic medicine ancient country like India, have greater potential effect in the context of medical science.