It is used in Ayurvedic treatment of

anorexia, indigestion,

sprue and malabsorption syndrome,

bloating, intestinal gas, loss of appetite,

dyspepsia, diarrhoea, hydrocele,

epilepsy, asthma, cough and abdominal pain.

It is useful to relieve colicky abdominal pain arising due to spasm in internal organs such as urinary bladder.