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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==
{{Uses|Coughs}}, {{Uses|Backache}}, {{Uses|Drying of skin}}, {{Uses|Inflammation of the}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}.
==Parts Used==
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==Chemical Composition==
Alkaloids (Laurotetaline, actinodaphine, boldine, norboldine, sebiferine and litseferine).<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=Medāsakaḥ|ta=Medalakavi|te=Meda|hi=Maida Lakdee|en=}}
==Properties==
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta, Kaṭu, Kaṣāya
===Guna===
Laghu, Snigdha
===Veerya===
Uṣṇa
===Vipaka===
Kaṭu
===Karma===
Vātahara, Kaphahara, Dīpana, Stambhana, Bhagnaprasādaka
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Usually a small tree}}
==Identification==
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
*[[Asthisandhānaka Lepa ]]
==Where to get the saplings==
