Origin:
Native to Europe; grown in gardens in northern India and in hill stations of southern India.

Action:
Circulatory stimulant, diaphoretic, diuretic, antibiotic. Used for both urinary and respiratory tract infections.
Root—liver, spleen and pancreatic stimulant; an alternative to Cayenne pepper; urinary antiseptic; diuretic; used in the treatment of gout, increases excretion of uric acid; also for proteinura and vaginal discharges. An infusion is used for hepatitis.

Toxicity:
not to be administered to children under 4 years.

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