BOTANICAL NAME

ADHATODA VASICA

FAMILY

ADHATODA VASICA

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

OTHER NAMES

SANSKRIT : Vasa, Vasak, Vasika

HINDI : Adoosa, Bakas

DOSE

Leaf juice 10 - 20 ml, Flower juice 10 - 20 ml, Root kwath 40 - 80 ml

DISTRIBUTION

WHOLE OF INDIA AT A HEIGHT OF UPTO 4000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

2-hydroxy-4-glucosyloxychalcone, Vasicinine, Linoleic acid, Oleic acid, Vasicol, Adhatodine, Vasicinone, Vasicinol, Vasicinolone

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Laghu, Ruksha

Tikt, Kashay

Katu

Sheet

Chedan

THERAPEUTIC USES

Anti-inflammatory

Analgesic

Skin disorders

Diarrhoea

Respioratory poblems

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Ashokarishta

Brihanmarichadya taila

Darunagaradi kvath churna

Mahatiktaka ghrita

Vasantakusumakara rasa