Origin:

Forests of tropical and subtropical India, from Himalayas as far west as Kumaon, and southwards to the Peninsula.

Action

Root—antidiarrhoeal, antidysenteric, antispasmodic, cooling, sudorific. A decoction allays thirst.

Leaves—juice of young leaves, digestive. Ointment prepared from roasted leaves relieves vertigo.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 371.