Leaves 

• Makes a good tonic, diuretic, and febrifuge (reduces fever)

• Has methanol, strong antioxidant activity

• Drying the plant reduces antioxidant properties

• Boiling water extracts exhibited a significantly stronger antioxidant 

• Whole plant extract showed significant radio-protective activity, decreasing the damage to intestinal cells, decreasing the lipid peroxidation levels

• A decoction of the whole plant is used as cough medicine

• Infusion is a remedy for dysentery and a blood purifier to reduce blood sugar levels 

• The plant is used in cases of difficult childbirth, to relieve painful wombs, and to treat colic 

• Fever pains, sore throat

• Decoction of the whole plant is taken for general diseases

• The plant is reduced to paste for the vaginal suppository to induce menstruation

• Infusion of the leaves for hemorrhoids

Fruit

• Ripe fruit and seeds are vermifugal

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS