The roots are used against asthma, biliousness and cancer, for easing childbirth, for chorea, convulsions, cough, cramp, croup, cystosis, dysmenorrhea, dyspnea, dysuria, enterosis, epilepsy, fever, flu, gastrosis, gonorrhea, hangover, headache, heart diseases, heartburn, high blood pressure, hyperemia, hysteria, induration, insomnia, itch, malaria, migraine, myocardosis, nervousness, neuralgia, neurodermatosis, neurodystrophy, neurosis, oliguria, pain, pertussis, pleurisy, pneumonia, polio, rheumatism, sarcoma, sniffle, spasm, stomachache, toothache, trigeminosis, typhoid, veneral diseases and wen.

Should not be used for patients with cardiac weakness, hypotension or myasthenia gravis.

James A Duke and Maryl Fulton. Handbook of Medicinal Herbs - 2nd Edition, P:804-805, CRC Press July 2002.