Adhatoda zeylanica | ஆடாதோடா

Adhatoda zeylanica is a plant. It is distributed all over the plains of India and in the lower Himalayan ranges, ascending to a height of 1500 meter. Adhatoda zeylanica belongs to family Acanthaceae. Its leaves contain vasicine, attributing several properties to the use of this plant.

House hold remedies
The dried leaf is smoked as a cigarette. The leaf-juice is stated to cure diarrhoea, dysentery and glandular tumour, and is given as emmenagogue. The powder is reported to be used as poultice on rheumatic joints, as counter-irritant on inflammatory swellings, on fresh wounds, urticaria and in neuralgia.