Origin: India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, East Africa, Sri Lanka and Arabia.

Pharmacological Activities: Antibacterial and Antioxidant, Analgesic and Anti-inflammatory, Antimalarial, Gastroprotective and Antiosteoporotic

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Origin:
Throughout the warmer parts of India, also cultivated in gardens.

Action:
The anabolic and steroidal principles of the aerial part showed a marked influence in the rate of fracture-healing. The drug exerts influence both on the organic and mineral phase of fracture-healing.
Stem—alterative in scurvy (the plant is rich in vitamin C) and irregular
menstruation.

1) A guide to medicinal plants / Hwee Ling, Koh; Tung Kian, Chua; Chay Hoon, Tan. Singapore:  World vScientific Public Co. Pte. Ltd., 2009. p 289 p.

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