Adhatoda zeylanica

General information:

Malabar Nut Tree is well-known in Ayurveda as a treatment for respiratory ailments, particularly as an expectorant in bronchitis. The leaves, flowers, fruits and roots are used extensively for treating cold, cough, whooping cough, chronic bronchitis and asthma.

Constituents:

Malabar Nut contains the pyrroquinazoline alkaloids, including vasicine, vasicol and vasinone along with other minor constituents. The alkaloids present in the plant show significant protection against allergen-induced bronchial obstruction.

Benefits:

• Malabar Nut exhibits anti-inflammatory, antitussive and bronchodilatory action, which eases congestion and coughing by loosening and thinning mucus in the airways.