| *Vipaka: Katu. <ref>Prof. P.V. Sharma, Dravyaguna- Vigyana, Vol.II, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, Reprint 1998, pp 465.</ref> | | *Vipaka: Katu. <ref>Prof. P.V. Sharma, Dravyaguna- Vigyana, Vol.II, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, Reprint 1998, pp 465.</ref> |
− | ''Vatsaka'' leaves are used to treat ''kushtha'' (dermatosis), ''kilasa'' (dermatosis), ''indralupta'' (alopecia), ''arsha'' (hemorrhoids), ''bhagandara'' (fistula in ano) etc.<ref>Pandit Kashi Nath Shastri, Dr. Gorakhanath Chaturvedi, Charaka Samhita, Ist part,Sutrasthana, Chap 3, shlok no.4,Reprint 2005, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, pp 59</ref> Its fruits are used in ''stanyasodhana mahakasaya''<ref>5Pandit Kashi Nath Shastri, Dr. Gorakhanath Chaturvedi, Charaka Samhita, Ist part,Sutrasthana, Chap 4, shlok no.18, Reprint 2005, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, pp 84.</ref>, ''asthapanopaga mahakasaya''.<ref>Pandit Kashi Nath Shastri, Dr. Gorakhanath Chaturvedi, Charaka Samhita, Ist part,Sutrasthana, Chap 4, shlok no.25, Reprint 2005, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, pp 86.</ref>''Vatsaka'' is used as an ingredient in triphaladi kwatha and mustadi kwatha to treat ''prameha''.<ref>Pandit Kashi Nath Shastri, Dr. Gorakhanath Chaturvedi, Charaka Samhita, Ist part,Sutrasthana, Chap 23, shlok no.10,13, Reprint 2005, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, pp 437.</ref>Seeds of ''vatsaka'' (''indrayava'') are used in kushtha.<ref>Pandit Kashi Nath Shastri, Dr. Gorakhanath Chaturvedi, Charaka Samhita, 2nd part,Chikitsasthana, Chap 7, shlok no.94, Reprint2012, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, pp 264.</ref> In [[Arsha Chikitsa]] bark of ''kutaja'' and ''indrayava'' used as ''rasakriya''.<ref>Pandit Kashi Nath Shastri, Dr. Gorakhanath Chaturvedi, Charaka Samhita, 2nd part,Chikitsasthana, Chap 14, shlok no.188-190, Reprint2012, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, pp 442.</ref> | + | ''Vatsaka'' leaves are used to treat ''kushtha'' (dermatosis), ''kilasa'' (dermatosis), ''indralupta'' (alopecia), ''arsha'' (hemorrhoids), ''bhagandara'' (fistula in ano) etc.[ Cha. Sa. [[Sutra Sthana]] 3/4] |
| '''Uses''': Bark is used in dysentery and is prescribed in piles, anemia, asthma, bronchopneumonia, dropsy, dysurea, influenza, rheumatism, tooth- ache, vomiting and nausea, intestinal worms dyspepsia, chest complaints and the diseases of skin and the spleen.<ref>Ravindra Sharma, Medicinal Plants of India, 2003, Daya Publishing House, Delhi. pp 127.</ref> | | '''Uses''': Bark is used in dysentery and is prescribed in piles, anemia, asthma, bronchopneumonia, dropsy, dysurea, influenza, rheumatism, tooth- ache, vomiting and nausea, intestinal worms dyspepsia, chest complaints and the diseases of skin and the spleen.<ref>Ravindra Sharma, Medicinal Plants of India, 2003, Daya Publishing House, Delhi. pp 127.</ref> |