Description
Sushruta mentions the use of seeds as promoter of virility, as also Bhavamisra. Other properties of seeds are astringent, anthelmentic and nervine tonic. 

Root is a nerve tonic and diuretic Hair covering the seed pods are vermifuge, locally stimulant and mild vesicant. The root power is lexative. The seed powder is tried in Parkinson’s disease with positive results.