Uses: wound healing, bruise, poor circulation, local pain, worm, uterus, antinbiotic, brinchitis, pneumonia, respiratory problems, cough, kidney.                                                  

Origin: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma, Cameroon, Canada, Caribbean, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Easter Island, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Madagascar, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Turkey, United Stattes, Uruguay, Venezuela.      

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Whole plant: Infusion as aperitive and refresher; antidiarrhoeic. Decoction is diuretic, used to treat bladder disorders, relieve pain caused by straining the abdominal muscles, and is applied to open wounds to stop bleeding. Decoction is also used with Desmodium sp. as a tonic. Decoction for children's convulsions. In Guyana, the whole plant is boiled with black sage for use in a sitting bath to treat fevers, colds, malaria, and for post-childbirth cleansing of a mother.

Leaf: Macerated in a decoction applied to skin rashes by the Surinam Tirio. In NW Guyana, used as contraceptive, for hemorrhage and for loss of hair.

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Origin:
Australia, North America; throughout the warmer parts of the world. In India, in wet plains and low hills and pasture grounds.

Action:
Used for biliary disorders. In Vietnamese traditional medicine, a decoction of the whole plant is used as stomachic, diuretic, febrifuge, and in sprains.

1) Geraldini , Isanete, Journal of Ethnopharmacology v. 173, 2015 . -- p. 383-423

2) Robertt, A., et al.. Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana)/Smithsonian NMNH. cited online: 17-08-2017

3) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.