A variable, aromatic, prostrate, evergreen shrub, 10-25 cm high. Rootstock woody; leaves small, elliptic or oblong-ovate or lanceolate, 6-15 mm long, subsessile, glandular; flowers polygamous, in whorls, males larger; nutlets smooth.

Alleviates spasms, anthelmintic, antispasmodic, antiseptic, expectorant, carminative, anthelmintic, stimulant and stimulates the central nervous system (plant); vermifuge (seeds); Blood purifier, digestive and appetizer (Leaf juice)

Carvacrol, p-cymene, gamma-terpinine, alpha and beta-pinene, myrcene, alpha-terpinene, camphene, limonene, camphene, -3-carene, g-terpinene, terpinolene, cineole, citronelolal, trans -ß-terpineol, and terpinen-4-ol (essential oil)

In suppressed urine & menstruation, catarrh, and whooping-coughs (plant);in asthma, cold and to expel round worm (dried leaves); to cure gum and toothache (young flower) .

Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.