Whole plant: In a decoction for lumbago.

Leaf: Infusion mixed with seeds of Cajanus cajan used to accelerate childbirth. Decoction of leaves with Scoparia dulcis for dysentery.

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Range. Southeastern Europe; northern Africa; Macaronesia; Atlantic, Pacific and western Indian Ocean islands; temperate Asia; Arabia; China; India; Indo-China; Malesia; Australia; North America; Mexico; South and Meso-America; Caribbean. In Myanmar, found in Bago, Kachin, Mandalay, Taninthayi, and Yangon.

Uses
Seed: Used an anodyne and antispasmodic.
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Origin:
Common throughout the plains of India (a very variable grass).

Action:
Astringent, bitter tonic, anthelmintic. Used for polyurea; externally for wounds and ulcers.

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Origin
Mizoram, Northeast India
Parts used
Whole plant
Ailments
Small pox, skin allergy

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

4) Birla Kshetrimayum/ Medicinal Plants and Its Therapeutic Uses/ USA: OMICS Group eBooks, 2017. p. 27