Origin

Throughout the hotter parts of India, particularly on cultivated land, up to 1,000 m.

Action:

Plant—diuretic, deobstruent, astringent, anti-inflammatory, styptic. Used as a single drug in the treatment of jaundice. Used in prescriptions for dyspepsia, indigestion, chronic dysentery, urinary tract diseases, diabetes, skin eruptions.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p  483.