Origin
Upper Gangetic Plain, Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal, South India and Gujarat.
Action:
Laxative, astringent, anti-inflammatory. Used in piles, swellings, rheumatic affections, stiffness of the joints, hemiplegia and urinary affections.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 414.