Origin:
Marshy areas throughout India, as a weed.
Action:
Stomachic, laxative, antirheumatic, febrifuge.
Leaves— used externally for ringworm, herpic eruptions and other skin diseases; rubefacient.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.