Origin

Tropical parts of India, in rice fields, cultivated lands as a weed.

Action:

Juice—styptic, emollient, resolvent. Also used in hepatic and gastric disorders.

Seeds and root—anthelmintic. Decoction is used in cough and other catarrhal affections and chest diseases.

Root bark—given in bleeding piles.

Flowers—blood purifier, alterative, depurative.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 621.