Root: Used for stomachache in NW Guyana. Stem: The French Guiana Palikur rub the pounded stem on the nose to control snoring.

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Fevers: Rhizome infusion drunk & poured over the head & body
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Origin:
Native to Turkey; found in warm regions from Bengal to Sri Lanka in standing water of ponds and canals.

Action:
Carminative, antiemetic (useful in vomiting of pregnancy), sedative (in dyspeptic disorders).
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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

Beckwith's hadrow is probably this species which has an aromatic smell and flavour and was at one time used in Jamaica to check vomiting in yellow fever and other diseases, for diarrhoea and as a stimulant. The 'root'. probably more correctly the rhizome. was made into a strong decoction or infusion. Beckwith said that had row was used with proof rum for pains in the bowels. In Africa it is used for toothache, headache and as a cough medicine.

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

2) Milliken, William; Albert, Bruce. Economic Botany, vol 50, no 1, 1995, p. -- 10 - 25.

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

4) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts I & II. – p. 12.