Origin
Kashmir and from Uttar Pradesh to Assam, in stagnant, fresh and brackish-water.
Action:
Rhizomes—astringent and diuretic; used for dysentery.
Pollen—used for internal and external bleeding; uterine bleeding, blood in urine, nose bleeds.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 681.