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Litsea chinensis - Medāsakaḥ

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Medāsakaḥ consists of stem bark of Litsea chinensis Lam. syn. L. glutinosa (Lour.) C.B. Robins, L. sebifera Pers. (Fam. Lauraceae), an evergreen shrub or tree, upto 25 m in height and about 1.5 m in girth with a clean bole, found throughout India, ascending upto an altitude of 1350 m in outer Himalayas.

Uses

Coughs, 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

Usually a small tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Paripinnate Oblong Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 2-4cm long pink Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
oblong pod Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled seeds upto 5 Fruiting throughout the year

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

[[:Category:Index of Plants which can be propagated by |]]

How to plant/cultivate

[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

[[:Category:Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of |]], [[:Category:Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of |]].

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References

  1. The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-14
  2. [ "Morphology"]
  3. [ "Cultivation detail"]

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