A vine-like plant. The stems climb by means of long tendrils springing from the side of the leaf stalks. The leaves are stalked, with the stalk curved, shorter than the blade, which is divided into five lobes, of which the middle one is the longest - all five are slightly angular. The flowers are small, greenish, and produced, generally three or four together, in small bunches springing from the axils of the leaves.

Cathartic, cytotoxic, diaphoretic, expectorant, hydrogogue, irritant, pectoral, purgative and vermifuge, as a rubefacient to muscular and joint pains and pleurisy (root)

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In the treatment of various inflammatory conditions, bronchial complaints, asthma, intestinal ulcers, hypertension and arthritis (root)