basaka

basaka is a plant, use of medicine .

1. MEDICINAL ASPECT OF VASAKA SEMINER ON PRESENTED BY Sukanta Das M.SC 1 ST SEMESTER ,

2. INTRODUCTION: Medicinal plants:- plants with recognized medical use. As pharmaceutical products as plants in herbal medicine preparation. Some plants are cultivated some are found as wild plants in forest. Now a days cultivation encouraged for mass production . In India 20,000 such sp.are found. Basaka is one of them.

3. Botanical Name : Adhatoda vasica Common Name: Adulsa Classification Kingdom : Plantae Subkingdom: Tracheobionta Division : Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Subclass: NA Order: Lamiales

4. Family : Acanthaceae Genus: Adhatoda Species: vasica Part used: Leaves, roots, flowers, bark Medicinal Properties Alternative, antispsmodic, diuretic, expectorant. Medicinal Use Asthma, bleeding, bronchitis, cough, diabetes, diarrhea, dysentery, epilepsy, fever, flu, hysteria, insainty, neuralgia, rheumatic pain, skin disorders, swelling, TB, urinary disorders, vomiting, wasting.

5. Chemistry : quinazoline alkaloid, vasicine, Vasicol, adhatodinine and vasicinol Cultivation : grows in wide range of soils & climatic condition. Flowering & fruiting: December to april Description It is a large shrub grows crowded along waste land, roadsides etc. Leaves are simple, opposite, ovate-lanceolate, acute and shiny. Flowers are white in capsule shape.

6. ADHATODA VASICA (VASAKA) Filed under: Tags:  Acanthaceae,  Adatodai , Adulsa, Arusa, Bakas, Malabar Nut Tree Plant Family  :   Acanthaceae Common name  :  Adatodai, Arusa, Adulsa, Bakas, Malabar A Origin  :  A small evergreen, sub- herbacious bush which grows commonly in open plains, especially in the lower Himalayas (up to 1000 meters above sea level), India, Sri Lanka, Burma and Malaysia.

7. Botanical Identification Vasaka is a dense perennial shrub. Leaves are of dark green colour above and pale yellow below. Flowers are typical, white arranged in pendunculated spike

8. History  :  Adhatoda leaves   have been used extensively in Ayurvedic Medicine for more than over 2000 years primarily for respiratory disorders Tradition  : It was used by traditional midwives at the time of delivery Medicinal Parts Used   : Leaves, roots, flowers and stem bark

9. Contains Leaves • Quinazoline Alkaloids -          Vasicine – 45-95% (the mucolytic drug bromhexine was developed from this alkaloid)    N-oxides of vasicine – Vasicinone -          Deoxyvasicine – Oxyvasicinine -          Maiontone Essential oil

10. Flowers • b-sitosterol-D-glucoside • Kaempferol • Glycosides of kaempferol • Queretin Roots • Vasicinolone • Vasicol • Peganine • Hydroxy oxychalcone • Glucosyl oxychalcone

11. Ayurvedic pharmacology Taste (Rasa) : Bitter, Astringent. Quality (Guna) : Light, Unctous. Post Digestion Effect (Vipak) : Pungent Potency (Virya) : Cold

12. Adhatoda vasica is used for

13. Bleeding Disorders : • bleeding due to idiopathic (unknown) thrombocytopenic (blood does not have enough platelets) purpura (excessive bruising) Cardiovascular Conditions • moderate hypotensive activity (lowers blood pressure) • pulmonary diseases

14. Female Diseases • assists uterine involution (rolling or turning inward) • menorrhagia (excessive menstrual bleeding) • uterine stimulant activity Gastrointestinal Conditions • dyspepsia • local bleeding due to peptic ulcer and/or piles

15. Respiratory Tract Conditions • acute and chronic bronchitis often combined with the herbs  Licorice  and  Marshmallow  for soothing the respiratory tract • allergic asthma, often combined with the herbs  Tylophora,  etc. • antihistamine effects (the  leaves  may be dried and smoked to relieve asthma) • broncho-dilation effects • emphysema • obstructive airway disease (chronic) • phthisis (wasting of the ssues as in tuberculosis) • relieves cough and breathlessness

16. USEs OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF BASAKA LEAVES : Asthma,piles,diarrhoea . Flower: Ophthamia Bark: Acidity, heart disease. Root: Discharged of placenta after delivery in cattle .

17. CONCLUSION Vasaka is an important medicinal plant in our community. Curative aspect of vasaka influenced by their use in medicinal purposes. In Ayurvedic medicine ancient country like India, have greater potential effect in the context of medical science.

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