Botanical Name – salix caprea Family – silicacea Vernacular Names Sanskrit Name – vetasa Hindi Name- Bed mushik English Name – Goat willow Great sallow
Habitat:
Salix caprea is found in Europe, western and central Asia. In India it is found in Kashmir and Punjab.
Medicinal properties :
Rasa – Tikta, kashaya
Guna- laghu,snigdha
Virya- shita
Vipaka- katu
Karma- Bhuta vinashana( psychiatric diseases), Deepana – kindles digestive fire ruchya – Improve taste
Effects on doshas –
Balances kapha and vata dosha
Used part –
Bark,leaves, flowers
• Flower- improve tastes as it possess ruchya quality .
• Bark- analagesic,diuretic,cardio tonic
• Leaves- antipyretic properties
Indications:
Daha,shotha ,Arsha,yoni ruk (vaginal pain),visarpa,Raktapitta,Ashmari (renal calculi),mutrakrichra.
MORPHOLOGY
• Height – 8-10 meter