Origin
The plains of northern India, and the warm valleys of the Himalayas from Kashmir to Assam.
Action:
Fresh Plant—highly acrid, rubefacient, vesicant and toxic; causes inflammation of the digestive tract. Used after drying or as a homoeopathic medicine for skin diseases.
Toxicity
Fresh Plant—highly acrid, rubefacient, vesicant and toxic; causes inflammation of the digestive tract.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 537.