Origin

Native to China and Japan; distributed in the Himalayas from Himachal Pradesh eastwards and in Assam.

Action:

Fruits—emetic and expectorant; used in excessive salivation, chlorosis and epilepsy. Saponins exhibit hypotensive, anticholesterolemic, spermicidal and antimicrobial properties.

Toxicity:

spermicidal.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 582.