Antidote for opium addiction and for reducing fever (leaf and root); in the treatment of colic pain due to intestinal worms, hot and cold disorders of the stomach and intestines, and pain below the neck and shoulders (seeds);in tinnitus, pain in the ears and weakening of the eyesight (flowers).
In rheumatism, as a vermifuge, analgesic and increasing the secretion of gastric juices (plant); to the eye cures corneal ulcers, itching, dimness of sight, night blindness (root).