Vasaka is a well-known herb in indigenous systems o f medicine for its beneficial effects, particularly in bronchitis.Vasaka leaves, bark, the root bark, the fruit and flowers are useful in the removal of intestinal parasites. Vasaka herb is used for treating cold, cough, chron ic bronchitis and asthma. The decoction of its root an d bark in doses of 30 grams twice or thrice a day for 3 days can be given for this purpose. The j uice of its fresh leaves can also be used in doses of a teaspoon thrice a day for days. In acute stages of bronchitis, vasaka gives unfailing relief, especially where the sputum is thick and st icky. It liquefies the sputum so that it is brought up more easily. For relief in asthma, the dried lea ves should be smoked. In Ayurveda, a preparation made from vasaka flowers, known as gulk and is used to treat tuberculosis. The juice from its leaves should be given in doses of 2 to 4 grams in treating diarrhea and dysentery.A few fresh petals of vasaka flowers should be bruised an d put in a pot of china clay. Some sugar crystals are added and the jar kept in the sun. It should be stirred every morning and evening. The preserve is ready for use in about a month. A p oultice of its leaves can be applied with beneficial results over fresh wounds, rheumatic joi nts and inflammatory swellings. A warm decoction of its leaves is useful in treating scabi es and other skin diseases. In olden times its leaves were made into a decoction with pepper and d ried ginger. But the modern medicine searched its active ingradients and found out that vasicine,oxyvascicine and vasicinone are the alkaloids present in vasaka and in which vasicine i s the active ingradient for expelling sputum from the body .

Vasaka is a well-known herb in indigenous systems o f medicine for its beneficial effects, particularly in bronchitis.Vasaka leaves, bark, the root bark, the fruit and flowers are useful in the removal of intestinal parasites. Vasaka herb is used for treating cold, cough, chron ic bronchitis and asthma. The decoction of its root an d bark in doses of 30 grams twice or thrice a day for 3 days can be given for this purpose. The j uice of its fresh leaves can also be used in doses of a teaspoon thrice a day for days. In acute stages of bronchitis, vasaka gives unfailing relief, especially where the sputum is thick and st icky. It liquefies the sputum so that it is brought up more easily. For relief in asthma, the dried lea ves should be smoked. In Ayurveda, a preparation made from vasaka flowers, known as gulk and is used to treat tuberculosis. The juice from its leaves should be given in doses of 2 to 4 grams in treating diarrhea and dysentery.A few fresh petals of vasaka flowers should be bruised an d put in a pot of china clay. Some sugar crystals are added and the jar kept in the sun. It should be stirred every morning and evening. The preserve is ready for use in about a month. A p oultice of its leaves can be applied with beneficial results over fresh wounds, rheumatic joi nts and inflammatory swellings. A warm decoction of its leaves is useful in treating scabi es and other skin diseases. In olden times its leaves were made into a decoction with pepper and d ried ginger. But the modern medicine searched its active ingradients and found out that vasicine,oxyvascicine and vasicinone are the alkaloids present in vasaka and in which vasicine i s the active ingradient for expelling sputum from the body .