Origin:
Cultivated all over India as a fibre plant.
Action:
Seed—anticatarrhal (used in consumption), antigonorrhoeic (used in gleet and chronic cystitis).
Root—febrifuge.
Plant (especially leaf)—uterine stimulant.
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Origin
Mizoram, Northeast India
Parts used
Flower, seed
Ailments
Scabies, sore
1) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.
2) Birla Kshetrimayum/ Medicinal Plants and Its Therapeutic Uses/ USA: OMICS Group eBooks, 2017. p. 28