Synonym- A. zeylanica Medic.Justicia adhatoda Linn.
Family- Acanthaceae.
Habitat- Throughout India, up to an altitude of 1,300 m.
English- Malabar Nut, Vasaca.
Ayurvedic- Vaasaa, Vaasaka,Vaasikaa, Simhaasya, Simhaparni,Simhavadanaa, Vaajidanta, Vrisha,
Aataruushaka.
Unani - Arusaa.
Siddha/Tamil- Aadaathodai.
Folk- Vasaakaa.
Action- Expectorant (used in bronchial, asthmatic and pulmonary affections), antispasmodic,
febrifuge.Key application 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 exhibited smoothmuscle-relaxant properties of airways. Alkaloids present in the plant showed significant protection against allergin-induced bronchial obstruction
in guinea pigs.The leaves are found to activate the digestive enzyme trypsin.An extract of the leaves showed
significant antifungal activity against ringworm.Adhatoda beddomei C.B. Clarke,found in Kerala, is considered to be more powerful and active than A. vasica.Fresh leaf juice is used in haemoptysis
and menorrhagia, also as an antiasthmatic.Jacobinia tinctoria Henl. is equated with the red-flowered var. of Vaasaa.
Dosage- Leaf—10-20 ml juice.
Dried leaves—10-20 g for deoction.
Root—3-6 g powder.
Family- Acanthaceae.
Habitat- Throughout India, up to an altitude of 1,300 m.
English- Malabar Nut, Vasaca.
Ayurvedic- Vaasaa, Vaasaka,Vaasikaa, Simhaasya, Simhaparni,Simhavadanaa, Vaajidanta, Vrisha,
Aataruushaka.
Unani - Arusaa.
Siddha/Tamil- Aadaathodai.
Folk- Vasaakaa.
Action- Expectorant (used in bronchial, asthmatic and pulmonary affections), antispasmodic,
febrifuge.Key application 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 exhibited smoothmuscle-relaxant properties of airways. Alkaloids present in the plant showed significant protection against allergin-induced bronchial obstruction
in guinea pigs.The leaves are found to activate the digestive enzyme trypsin.An extract of the leaves showed
significant antifungal activity against ringworm.Adhatoda beddomei C.B. Clarke,found in Kerala, is considered to be more powerful and active than A. vasica.Fresh leaf juice is used in haemoptysis
and menorrhagia, also as an antiasthmatic.Jacobinia tinctoria Henl. is equated with the red-flowered var. of Vaasaa.
Dosage- Leaf—10-20 ml juice.
Dried leaves—10-20 g for deoction.
Root—3-6 g powder.
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