It is an efficient remedy in atonic dyspepsia, pulmonary hemorrhage, chronic laryngitis, bronchorrhoea , and other catarrhal disorders , with profuse secretion. The decoction is very useful as a gargle or wash in ulcerations of the mouth and throat, scarlatina anginosa , etc. Externally, the powdered root may be applied to old ulcers , or made into an ointment, as a soothing application for piles . The decoction is likewise very useful as an injection in chronic gonorrhoea, gleet, leucorrhoea, prolapsus ani and uteri, and in some ophthalmic affections. It may be used in all cases where astringents are indicated.
Natives employ the root, called safrifa , as a nervine.
Root employed in tanning leather. Has properties similar to Marsh rosemary. Used like Marsh rosemary. Baycura is used in Brazil as an astringent and discutient for glandular and other enlargements. European, herbaceous perennial, the root of which yielded Dulong an acrid, yellow, crystallizable body, plumbagin .