A perennial herb with horizontally creeping rhizome, stem 5-45 cm long. Leaves 2-4(-5) mm wide, canaliculate, scabrid on the margins in the upper part, grass-green. Inflorescence, terminal, head with white color, involucral bracts 3-4, spikelets, obliquely, ovate-elliptic. Fruit biconvex, laterally compressed, oblong or oblong-obovoid, yellowish-brown to chestnut-coloured.
Herb Effects
An antidote to poisons and as abortifacient (roots); diuretic (decoction of rhizomes)
Roots are used against diarrhoea and measles, and sometimes as a poultice for skin problems. The decoction of the rhizomes is mixed with oil and applied externally to combat certain forms of dermatosis. A poultice of the whole plant is used in the treatment of ulcers, sore throat, bacillary dysentery and fever.
Health Remedies 
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