Origin:
The Himalayas; from Kashmir to Bhutan at 1,500 - 2,000 m and Assam at 1.350 - 2,000 m.
Action:
Leaves and berries— cathartic, diaphoretic, febrifuge, antispasmodic, expectorant. Used in whooping cough.
Leaves— used in glandular enlargements. A decoction of the leaves is used topically to destroy lice in the hair. An infusion of berries is given in rheumatism.
Gum— emmenagogue.
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Origin
Mizoram, Northeast India
Parts used
Leaf
Ailments
Hair wash
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