Fresh leaves are given for diarrhea, liver disorders, and headache.[10] The leaf and root are used as antidandruff, antipyretic, ascaricide, laxative, vermifuge, anticonvulsant, antidiabetic, and for gravel, malaria, scabies, skin diseases, sores, spasm, scorpion sting, snake bite, and tumors.[11][12] In many traditional practices the leaves and root are widely used as antihyperglycemic.[13]