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Botanical Name |
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Adhatoda vasica (NEES) |
English
Name |
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Malabar Nut, Vasaka |
Synonym(s) |
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Justicia adhatoda (Linn.), Adhatoda zeylanica Medic. |
Family |
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Acanthaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Adhatoda vasica is an evergreen, gregarious, stiff, perennial shrub. The leaves are elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, entire, hairy, light green above, dark below and leathery; the flowers are large, white with red-or yellow-barred throats and in spikes, with large bracts; the capsules are longitudinally channelled; the seeds globular. |
| Herb Effects |
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Sedative, expectorant, antispasmodic, anthelmintic. |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Vasicoline, adhatodine, vasicolinone and anisotine (leaves) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Vasicoline |
33903-13-8 |
Not Available |
C19H21N3 |
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| Vasicolinone |
33903-15-0 |
Not Available |
C19H19N3O |
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| Anisotine |
16688-19-0 |
Not Available |
C20H19N3O3 |
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Pharmacology
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For asthma and intermittent fever; used also as an expectorant in cases of chronic bronchitis and phthisis. On rheumatic joints, as a counter-irritant on inflammatory swellings, on fresh wounds, urticaria and in neuralgia. |
| Contraindication |
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Large doses irritate the alimentary canal and cause diarrhoea and vomiting. |
Dealers
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Health Remedies 
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