Origin
Cultivated throughout India.
Action:
Seeds—carminative, stomachic, stimulant, cardiac tonic. Used for dyspepsia, vomiting, hiccough, bronchitis, asthma, and pain in bladder; also as an emmenagogue.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 666.