Common Name : Vasaka / Malabar Nut
Plant Parts Used : Fresh dried Leaves
Description :
Leaves are simple, opposite, petiolate, ex-stipulate, 10-20 cm long and 3-10 cm broad, lanceolate to oval - lanceolate, crenate, margin, a tapering base and an acuminate apex, light green in colour, 8-10 pairs of lateral veins which are reticulate. Petioles 2-8 cm long, exstipulate, glabrescent. Odour characteristic and taste bitter. |
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Actions and Uses :
The bronchodilatiry and expectorant properties of the leaves are attributed to vasicine. The drug possesses abortifacient activity and significant antimicrobial activity against gingival inflammation and pyrrhoea.
Clinical trials of the drug Wintry (containing vasicine and vasicinone) have not revealed any side effects while treating bronchial asthma. The drug is known to possess abortifacient activity and hence should not be used during pregnancy.
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