A rigid, sweetly aromatic herb, sometimes attaining a height of 7 ft. Leaves broadly ovate, very variable, 2.5-11 cm. long, sinuate-denticulate, tomentose ; flowers small, blue, in unilateral axillary or terminal clusters often arranged in panicles ; nutlets blackish brown, ovoid, compressed.

Stimulant, carminative, sudorific, antiseptic, sudorific, galactagogue and lactagogue (plant); antispasmodic and used in antirheumatic and antisuporific baths (leaves and tops)

PIER

1,8-cineole, alpha-phellandrene, alpha-pinene, alpha-terpinene, alpha-terpineol, gamma-terpinene, limonene, menthol (plant); Hydrocyanic acid (roots, stem and leaf); ß-caryophyllene, terpinen-4-ol, a-bergamotene, sabinine and a-copaene (oil); betulinic acid (root)

Used in catarrhal conditions, affections of the uterus and parasitical cutaneous diseases, for headache and as snuff to stop bleeding of the nose; colic and stomachaches (leaf juice)

Sharma PV. Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.