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Botanical Name:
Adhatoda vasaka
Adulsa consists of fresh and dried, leaves of Adhatoda
vasaka (Synonym Adhatoda zeylanica Medicus / Justica
adhatoda Linn.) Family Acanthaceae
Common Name(s) in English & Indian Languages
Sanskrit: Vrsa, Atarusa, Vasaka
Assamese: Titabahak, Bahak, Vachaka
Bengali: Baksa, Vasaka
English: Vasaka
Guajarati: Aduso, Ardusi, Adulso
Hindi: Aduss, Arusa
Kannada: Adsale, Adusoge, Atarusha, Adsole, Adasale
Kashmiri: Vasa
Malayalam: Attalataka m, Atalotakam
Marathi: Vasa, Adulsa
Oriya: Basanga
Punjabi: Bhekar, Vansa, Arusa
Tamil: Vasambu, Adathodai
Telugu: Addasaramu
Urdu: Adusa, Basa
Botanical description:
This is a large glabrous shrub. Leaves are opposite, ovate,
lanceolate and short petioled upto 5 cm long, 3.75cm broad,
main nerves about 8 pairs. Flowers are white with large
bracts, flower heads short, dense or condensed spikes.
Fruits are capsules with a long solid base.
Parts used:
Leaves
Major chemical constituents.
Alkaloids
Therapeutic uses:
• Asthma (Svasa)
• Jaundice (Kamala)
• Cough (Kasa)
• Pthisis (Ksaya)
• Diseases of skin (Kustha)
• Increased frequency and turbidity of urine (Prameha)
• Bleeding disorder (Raktapitta)
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