Origin:

Throughout India in damp places, swamps and rice fields.

Action:

Plant—carminative, antiseptic.

Leaves—an infusion is given in dyspepsia and dysentery. A liniment prepared from the plant is used in elephantiasis.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 379.