Origin:
The Himalayas from Kumaon to Khasia Hills. Cultivated in Indian gardens.

Action:
Diuretic, alterative, antiscrofula. Used for torpid and sluggish conditions, menstrual disorders and diseases due to vitiated blood. Also employed as a sedative for the relief of paralysis agitans and othermuscular tremors.

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