The plant is said to be anti-inflammatory, diuretic, depurative, febrifuge and refrigerant. The species is used as a malarial febrifuge. Moreover, it can be used as an anthelmintic, febrifuge, and stomachic. The leaves are used as an antiseptic, expectorant, febrifuge and styptic. The leaves are bitter, astringent, laxative, anthelmintic, depurative, diaphoretic and febrifuge. In China the plant is used medicinally as a febrifuge and a diuretic. The fruit has been used as a diuretic and febrifuge. In China, the plant is used medicinally as a diuretic, febrifuge and anti-inflammatory. In India, they are also used as spasmolytic, febrifuge and antidote for opium addiction.