Origin

Native to China; cultivated in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Kashmir and North-Western Himalayas.

Action:

Fruit—cooling, mild laxative. Used for sore throat, dyspepsia and melancholia.

Leaves and root bark—expectorant, diuretic, hypotensive.

Bark extract—hypoglycaemic.

Leaf—anti-inflammatory, emollient, diaphoretic. Used as a gargle in inflammations of the throat.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p  426.