Origin
Punjab, Upper Gangetic plains, Gujarat, Rajasthan.
Action:
Aerial parts—smooth muscle relaxant.
Stem—antiinflammatory.
Pluchea lanceolata is the source of Raasnaa in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. Vanda roxburghii is used as Raasnaa in Bengal. Throughout South India, Alpinia galanga is accepted as Raasnaa.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 502.