Blumea Lacera is an annual herb with a strong odor, distributed throughout the plains of north-west India, up to an altitude of 2,000 m. The crop grows in both rabi and kharif seasons.
In Ayurveda, Blumea is considered to be an astringent, acrid, thermogenic, errhine, anti-inflammatory, styptic, opthalmic, digestive, anthelmintic, liver tonic, expectorant, febrifuge, antipyretic, diuretic, deobstruant and stimulant. In Homoeopathic system, it is given in enuresis, neuralgia, headache and cold borne cough.
