Origin:
Native to sub-alpine woods in Southern and Eastern Europe. Grown in Indian gardens.

Action:
Digitalis-like action in cardiac disorders, drastic purgative, abortifacient, diuretic, local anaesthetic, narcotic.

Toxicity:
abortifacient, narcotic

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