Origin:
Throughout India, in the plains ascending to 1,200 m in Kumaon and 1,800 m in Kashmir.

Action:
Fresh leaves—used internally as galactagogue and for diarrhoea; applied externally to wounds and abscesses.
Root— diuretic. Also used for cough, asthma.

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