Leaves are attractive because they are always that nice deep green... like a faithful husband/wife who is always cheerful...
seriously though... a great medicine for cough, colds and bronchial asthma... the british east India co physicians learnt it from local Kavirajs in Bengal and Made up the patent medicine Glycodin Terp-Vasaka and made millions of POUNDS sterling from the Indian Market.... Its available I believe even now... but many of the other bronchial dilators and decongestants in the market still use Adhatoda extracts as a base with additions of Antihistaminics added for a double dose whammy... like a hammer to open a peanut... usha di ======== On Oct 22, 9:06 pm, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Nidhan ji, Dinesh ji and Hemsan ji. Dinesh ji Thank you for > providing so many common names. I liked the name Sinha Parni. There is > something attractive of the foliage of this plant I cannot say exactly > what. > > Regards > Bhagyashri > > > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 7:49 PM, H S <[email protected]> wrote: > > its tricky here, even name i mean Genus Adhatoda is conserved.. > > > regards, > > > 2011/10/22 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > > >> ... yes, *Justicia adhatoda* L. (syn. *Adhatoda vasica* Nees) > > >> *commonly known as*: Malabar nut, white vasa, yellow vasa • *Assamese*: > >> বগা বাহক boga bahok • *Bengali*: বাসক basak • *Gujarati*: અરડૂસી aradusi, > >> અરડૂસો araduso • *Hindi*: अरुस arus, अड़ूसा arusa, प्रामाद्य pramadya, रूस > >> rus, सिंहपर्णी sinh-parni, वाजिनी vajini, विसौटा visauta • *Kannada*: > >> ಅಡುಸೋಗೆ adusoge • *Kashmiri*: बहिकथ् bahikath, बाँस bansa, वास wasa • * > >> Konkani*: अडूलशा adulasha, अडुलसो adulso, अडुसोगे adusoge • *Malayalam*: > >> ആടലോടകം aatalootakam • *Manipuri*: nongmangkha angouba • *Marathi*: > >> अडुळसा adulasa • *Mizo*: kâwl-dai • *Nepalese*: असुरो asuro, कालो भासक > >> kalo bhasaka • *Oriya*: basango, vrysha • *Sanskrit*: अटरुष atarusa, > >> प्रामाद्य pra-madya, सिंहास्या simhasya, वाजिदंत vaji-danta, वाजिन् vajin, > >> वासका vasaka, वसुक vasuka, वृषा vrsa • *Tamil*: ஆசலை acalai, ஆடாதோடை > >> atatotai, ஆட்டுசம் attucam, சிம்மமுகி cimma-muki, சிங்கம் cinkam, சுவாது > >> cuvatu, இரத்தபித்தம் iratta-pittam, காட்டுமுருங்கை kattu-murunkai, பாவட்டை > >> pavattai, வாசை vacai, வாசாதி vacati, வைத்தியமாதா vaittiya-mata • *Telugu*: > >> అడ్డసరము addasaramu > > >> Regards. > >> Dinesh > > >> On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Nidhan Singh > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>> Hi, > > >>> Yes, this is Adhatoda vasica, Acanthaceae > >>> -- > >>> Regards, > > >>> Dr. Nidhan Singh > >>> Department of Botany > >>> I.B. (PG) College > >>> Panipat-132103 Haryana > >>> Ph.: 09416371227 > > > -- > > - H.S. > > > A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of > > stone
