Vasaka by Ray Sahelian, M.D. Health benefit of Vasaka herb

Adhatoda vasica Nees (Acantheceae), commonly known as Vasaka, is a well-known plant in indigenous systems of medicine and is used as an Ayurvedic herb for some lung conditions such as bronchitis. Vasaka may also be useful in cases of ulcer.

As of May 2008, I could not find published human studies with Asaka.

Anti-ulcer activity of Adhatoda vasica Nees.
J Herb Pharmacother. 2006;6(2):43-9. Shrivastava N, Srivastava A, Banerjee A, Nivsarkar M. Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, B.V. Patel Pharmaceutical Education & Research Development Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
The present investigation was carried out to study the anti-ulcer activity of Vasaka leaves using two ulcer models (1) Ethanol-induced, and (2) Pylorus ligation plus aspirin-induced models. Vasaka leaf powder showed anti-ulcer activity in experimental rats when compared with a control. The highest degree of activity (80%) was observed in the ethanol-induced ulceration model. In addition to its classically established pharmacological activities, the Vasaka plant also has immense potential as an anti-ulcer agent of great therapeutic relevance.