A perennial plant 40- 50cm tall. Leaves serrated sometimes purplish green. Stem snake-skin spotted. Large spathe in purple with white stripes. Flowers are dioecious, upright green or purple in color.
Herb Effects
Alterative, deobstruent, discutient, diuretic, expectorant and vulnerary (roots).
The roots has been used for numbness after stroke, headache, contusions, injuries associated with falling, scrofula, abscesses, pain in chest and shoulders.
Health Remedies 
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