Origin

Outer Himalayan ranges eastwards to Assam; southwards to Travancore, throughout warmer regions of India.

Action:

Root—febrifuge, diaphoretic, alterative, blood purifier. Given in fever when the extremities are cold; also for pain in arms and legs. Used as a blood purifier in venereal diseases; applied externally to skin eruptions.

Fruit—paste used in baldness.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 667.