Origin:
Punjab, Upper Gangetic Plain, Assam, Western Ghats and Western Himalayas.

Action:
Astringent, haemostatic, antirheumatic, diuretic. Used for diarrhoea, kidney disorders, bronchitis and for bleeding piles, wounds, bruises.
Essential oil— used in bronchial catarrh and cystitis.

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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

Said by Beckwith to be used as tea for babies. In America it has been used as a haemostatic, for diarrhoea and for dropsy. In Africa the Sutos employ it for skin diseases, sore throats and as a wash for sick children.

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

2) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts I & II. – p. 10.