Origin
Throughout moist and hot parts of India.
Action:
Plant—antibilious, antiflatulent, bechic, anti-inflammatory.
Root—carminative, antirheumatic. Applied as poultice in gout and rheumatism. Plant extract showed antileukaemic activity.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 668.