RESPIRATORY SYSTEM STRENGTHNER VASA/Adhatoda vasica
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM STRENGTHNER
VASA
Botanical Name :- Adhatoda vasica
Botanical Name :- Adhatoda vasica
Family :- Acanthaceae
Synonyms :-
Adhatoda vasica Nees, Adhatoda arborea Raf., Adhatoda zeylanica Medik., Ecbolium adhatoda (L.) Kuntze, Ecbolium latifolium (Benth. & Hook.f.) Kuntze, Gendarussa adhadota Steud.
Regional Name :-
English : Vasaka, Hindi : Aduss, Arusa, Bansa, Sanskrit : Vrsa, Atarusa, Vasaka, Urdu : Adusa, Basa, Punjabi : Bhekar, Vansa, Arusa, Gujrati : Aduso, Ardusi, Adulso, Assamese :Titabahak, Bahak, Vachaka, Bengali : Baksa, Vasaka, Kannada : Adsale, Adusoge, Atarusha, Adsole, Adasale, Kashmiri : Vasa, Malayalam : Attalataka m, Atalotakam, Marathi : Vasa, Adulsa, Oriya : Basanga, Tamil : Vasambu, Adathodai, Telugu : Addasaramu.
Part Used :- Leaves.
Description :-
Vasa is found in Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and China. It is a sub-herbaceous bush, found throughout the year in plains and sub Himalayan tracts in India, ascending altitude up to 1200 m. Leaves, 10-30 cm long and 3-10 cm broad, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, slightly acuminate, base tapering, petiolate, petioles 2-8 cm long, exstipulite, glabrescent, 8-10 pairs of lateral vein bearing few hairs, dried leaves dull brown above, light greyish brown below, odour, characteristic, taste, bitter.
Phytoconstituents :-
The leaves of vasa contain 02-0.4% of alkalide.
Vasa leaves contains phytochemicals such as Alkaloids, Essential oil, Tannins, Saponins, Phenolics and Flavonoids. It contains Vasicine, Vasicinone, Vasicinol, Vasicinolone, Vasicol, adhatonine, adhatodine and quinazoline alkaloid. Leaves also contain flavonoids like apigenin, kaempferol, astragalin, quercetin, isovitexin and vitexin. It also contains lilolenic, arachidonic, palmitic and oleic acids.
Medicinal Uses :-
It is used to relieve cough, cold,
whooping-cough, asthma, bronchitis, skin ailments, worms, joint,
rheumatic pain, congestion, dyspnoea, diabetes, diarrhea, dysentery,
epilepsy, leprosy, fever, flu, hysteria, insanity, neuralgia, rheumatic
pain, skin disorders, swelling, Tuberculosis, vomiting, wasting. It is
also used to treat Bleeding disorders, piles, peptic ulcers and
menorrhagia; and relief from bleeding gums , pyorrhea and burning
micturition. Leaves are applied on the abdomen for relieving urinary
infection.
Family :- Acanthaceae
Synonyms :-
Adhatoda vasica Nees, Adhatoda arborea Raf., Adhatoda zeylanica Medik., Ecbolium adhatoda (L.) Kuntze, Ecbolium latifolium (Benth. & Hook.f.) Kuntze, Gendarussa adhadota Steud.
Regional Name :-
English : Vasaka, Hindi : Aduss, Arusa, Bansa, Sanskrit : Vrsa, Atarusa, Vasaka, Urdu : Adusa, Basa, Punjabi : Bhekar, Vansa, Arusa, Gujrati : Aduso, Ardusi, Adulso, Assamese :Titabahak, Bahak, Vachaka, Bengali : Baksa, Vasaka, Kannada : Adsale, Adusoge, Atarusha, Adsole, Adasale, Kashmiri : Vasa, Malayalam : Attalataka m, Atalotakam, Marathi : Vasa, Adulsa, Oriya : Basanga, Tamil : Vasambu, Adathodai, Telugu : Addasaramu.
Part Used :- Leaves.
Description :-
Vasa is found in Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and China. It is a sub-herbaceous bush, found throughout the year in plains and sub Himalayan tracts in India, ascending altitude up to 1200 m. Leaves, 10-30 cm long and 3-10 cm broad, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, slightly acuminate, base tapering, petiolate, petioles 2-8 cm long, exstipulite, glabrescent, 8-10 pairs of lateral vein bearing few hairs, dried leaves dull brown above, light greyish brown below, odour, characteristic, taste, bitter.
Phytoconstituents :-
The leaves of vasa contain 02-0.4% of alkalide.
Vasa leaves contains phytochemicals such as Alkaloids, Essential oil, Tannins, Saponins, Phenolics and Flavonoids. It contains Vasicine, Vasicinone, Vasicinol, Vasicinolone, Vasicol, adhatonine, adhatodine and quinazoline alkaloid. Leaves also contain flavonoids like apigenin, kaempferol, astragalin, quercetin, isovitexin and vitexin. It also contains lilolenic, arachidonic, palmitic and oleic acids.
Medicinal Uses :-
Vasavaleha
Recommended in conditions of breathlessness caused due to cough, cold and asthma
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