The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s17.t2.24

c5.s17.t2.24

This little annual is met with in low places all over the country. The leaves are described as cooling and useful in jaundice and anasarca. They are used as a pot herb. The root is considered cooling, bitter, tonic and diuretic, and is used in rheumatism, urinary affections, and anasarca. The ashes of the plant are also used as a diuretic in dropsy.¹