Leaves, roots.
Medicinal uses:
Bronchial troubles, asthma, cough, consumption dysentery, diarrhoea, abortifacient,
hemorrhage.
Chemical constituents :
Leaves contain Alcaloid vasicine, therapeutic properties attributed to vasicine and essential oil. 1- Vasicine same as synthetic 1-Peganine. Leaves and roots antispasmodic efficacious in coughs. Drug useful as expedctorant and mild bronchial antispasmodic. Crystalline substance oroxylin in the bark of root. Adhatodic acid, bitter substance pectin.