Origin:
Native to China and Japan; cultivated in Indian gardens.

Action:
Plant—cathartic, antispasmodic, anthelmintic, antiperiodic.
Root—antidysenteric. Also used in dyspepsia and nervous disorders.
Fruits—used in gastric hyperacidity, constipation, cholestasis, internally and externally for inflammation and as a tranquilizer.

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