Adulsa Plant – Information and Uses
Today we are going to see adulsa plant information and uses.Adulsa is an evergreen shrub-like herb in the Acanthaceae family. Its scientific name is Adhatoda vasica. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Malaysia. This plant is planted along fields in Konkan and Deccan plateaus in Maharashtra. Adulsa Ms. 1.2-2.4 m. grows tall.
Adulsa Plant- Information and Uses
The leaves are simple, medium in size and long. Flowering occurs at the tip of the branch between August and November. Flowers are white in color. The fruit is long and pointed. The roots, bark, leaves, flowers and fruits of dulse are used in medicine. Adulsa medicine is widely used for Kapha, Asthma, Cough and various respiratory diseases.
Attribute – Adulsa Plant- Information and Uses
The root is useful in impetigo, hot flashes, white spots. The tree is bitter, producing mucus. Carminative, useful in bronchitis. Useful (Ayurveda) in leprosy, impurity of blood, heart disease, thirst, asthma, fever, vomiting, amnesia, colic, tuberculosis, jaundice, tumor, mouth disease. Roots are useful in diuretic, cough, asthma, biliousness, eye disorders, fever, parma, menstruating flowers are useful (Unani) to reduce hot summers and jaundice by improving blood circulation. Radishes, leaves, flowers, are used medicinally. Adulsa is very effective against cold, cough, asthma, etc. According to Ayurveda, it is useful for diseases like cough, jaundice, asthma, breath, phlegm, tuberculosis, tridosh, mouth, kidney failure, swelling etc.
Adulsa Plant
Usage
Roots, leaves and flowers are useful in indigenous medicine for colds, phlegm, bronchitis and asthma. Leaf juice with ginger or honey is effective in chronic bronchitis and asthma. Dried leaves are made into cigarettes and used in asthma. Leaf juice is used in diarrhea and dysentery. Powder of leaves is used in South India in winter fever. The leaves are used in rheumatism as a poultice on the joints as well as in swelling and neuralgia. Leaves are toxic to microscopic organisms, leaf extract in alcohol is toxic to flies, fleas, maggots, mosquitoes and other insects (WAT). It is an Ayurvedic medicinal plant that grows in India. In Ayurveda, this plant is used for cough. Its flowers are also used as a decoction.
Adulsa
From the mentions in Ayurveda, it seems that this medicinal plant has been used since about 2000 years ago. Many Ayurvedic medicines have been prepared from Adulsha. Leaf juice is effective in diarrhoea. A mixture of its juice, honey, sunth, pepper and pimpli is given on Kapha and Kaas.
The leaves contain the alkaloid vasicine and adithiodic acid. This plant is also used for heart diseases.
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