PARTE UTILIZADA=USED PART: raiz

ACCIÓN FARMACOLÓGICA=PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION: astringente y hemostatica 

POSOLOGÍA=POSOLOGY: se usa mediante cataplasma y pomada

ZONA GEOGRÁFICA =GEOGRAFICAL ZONE: Argentina

Origin:
Peru, Bolivia. Reported to be imported into India.

Action:
Astringent, styptic, antidiarrhoeal, vulnerary. Used for menorrhagia; topically for wounds, haemorrhoids and chilblains; as a lozenge, gargle or mouthwash for gingivitis and pharyngitis.

1) Plantas que curan. Buenos Aires: Ediliba, 1987.

2) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 359.