පාවට්ටා/pawatta/adhatoda vasica/ Justicia adhatoda

 

 

 

Botnical name:- adhatoda vasica, Justicia adhatoda
Family name:- Acanthaceae

Names in different languages:
    English :Indian pavetta
    Sinhala : pawatta, agaladara ,adathoda .
    Tamil : Adathodai
    Sanskrit name:- Sinhapuri, Vasaka
Distribution: Sri Lanka, Nepal, Panama . Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and China, Panama 
Description :- Shurb or tree to 4 m, bark peeling . Stipules 3-6 mm long, leaves (5-) 7-12 (-18)× (3-)4-6 (-9) cm, glabrous. Inflorescence cymose. Flowers 4- merous, white. Corolla tube 8-12 mm long. Fruit 6-8 mm diam. 
Status:Native 
Edible parts:- None
Ayurvedicusage:
Treatment for: , Visceral obstrucation, Heamorroidal pains, Rhuematism, Eye diseases.
Parts used to make Medcine:-Whole plant 
Propergation:-

Another common herb is Adathoda ir Pavatta or Agaladara in Sinhles.In English it is called the Malabar nut tree and its botanical name is Adathoda Vica. The leaves contain powerful curative valus specially for the treatment of chest diseases. It is special remedy for pthisis or consumption. An infusion of fresh pavatta leaves ,two or three table spoons mixed with one teaspoon of ginger juice and bee’s honey is very effective for the treatment of coughs accompanied by a heavy chast. A decoction prepared with Adathoda roots,Ktuwalbatu (Solanum jacquini) Elabatu, row ginger and Tippli roots(iong pepper) of equal quantities (2 .5 Kalandas) is very effective for sever coughs and for catarrhal fever. 

Another preparation wirh Adathoda consist of the juice of raw adathoda leaves (4 tablespoons) Thippli powder (16 tablespoons)White sugar or sugar candy(2 ounce) ghee (10 tablespoons). Boil them together till reduced to the consistency of an extract; when cool add one tablespoon of bee’s honey and stir well till it is well mixed.

Dose: one or two tablespoons for a cough with pain on the sides of the chest or Asthma. Adathoda roots could be used as coffee powder specially for chronic bronchitis. Adathoda roots, bark, flowers,leaves, and fruits are all used in medicine. A poultice or the leaves is applied over the fresh wounds, rheumatic joints and inflammatory swellings. A warm decoction of the leaves is used for scabies and other skin diseases, neuralgic pain and bleeding from the nose.

Smoking is harmful for the lungs, but smoking dried leaves of Pavatta is cure for Asthma.

Sourse :HERBAL FOOD and MEDICINE inSRI LANKA(Dr Seela Fernandu)