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Litsea chinensis - Medāsakaḥ

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Litsea chinensis

Medāsakaḥ consists of stem bark of Litsea chinensis Lam. It is an evergreen shrub or tree. It grows upto 25 m in height and about 1.5 m in girth with a clean bole. It is native to India, ascending upto an altitude of 1350 m in outer Himalayas.

Uses

Cough, Backache, Drying of skin, Inflammation of joints, Bleeding piles, Diarrhea, Tapeworms, Wounds.

Parts Used

Bark.

Chemical Composition

Alkaloids, Laurotetaline, actinodaphine, boldine, norboldine, sebiferine and litseferine.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi Maida Lakdee
Malayalam
Tamil Medalakavi
Telugu Meda
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Medāsakaḥ
English


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta, Kaṭu, Kaṣāya

Guna

Laghu, Snigdha

Veerya

Uṣṇa

Vipaka

Kaṭu

Karma

Vātahara, Kaphahara, Dīpana, Stambhana, Bhagnaprasādaka

Prabhava

Habit

Small tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Alternate Leaves simple, pilose when young; lamina 6-23.5 x 3-10 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or obovate.

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 5-6mm long Yellow 9-12 In many flowered umbels; peduncles upto 5 mm long, slender, densely pilose; perianth short.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Berry 5-6 mm Depressed, globose, purple, on flat disc

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Germination is not very rapid, approximately 85% germination is achieved in 15 - 45 days.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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References

  1. The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-14
  2. Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni.
  3. Cultivation detail

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