Origin:
The plains and the lower slopes of the hills in Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.

Action:
Used in hemicrania, cough, fever; externally in skin diseases; used as a substitute for A. capillus-veneris.

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