- Synonym:
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A. zeylanica Medic.
Justicia adhatoda Linn.
- Family:
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Acanthaceae.
- Habitat:
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Throughout India, up to an altitude of 1,300 m.
- English:
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Malabar Nut, Vasaca.
- Ayurvedic:
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Vaasaa, Vaasaka, Vaasikaa, Simhaasya, Simhaparni, Simhavadanaa, Vaajidanta, Vrisha, Aataruushaka.
- Unani:
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Arusaa.
- Siddha/Tamil:
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Aadaathodai.
- Folk:
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Vasaakaa.
- Action:
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Expectorant (used in bronchial, asthmatic and pulmonary affections), antispasmodic, febrifuge.
- Key application:
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As bronchodilatory, expectorant. (Indian Herbal Pharmacopoeia.) The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India indicates its use in dyspnoea.
The chief quinazoline alkaloid vasicine is reported in all parts of the plant, the highest being in inflorescence. It is a bitter bronchodilator, respiratory stimulant, hypotensive, cardiac depressant, uterotonic and abortifacient. An aqueous solution of vasicinone hydrochloride, when studied in mice and dogs, was found to potentiate the bronchodilatory activity of aminophylline, also that of isoprenaline. Vasicinone...
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Khare, C. (2007). Adhatoda vasica Nees.. In: Khare, C. (eds) Indian Medicinal Plants. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70638-2_45
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