Origin

Grasslands of Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal and Palni Hills.

Action:

Whole plant—anticatarrhal and alterative.

Root—used in prescriptions for intermittent fevers, pulmonary inflammation and as a recuperating tonic.

Leaves— prescribed in diarrhoea.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 684.