Per Arathai

It prevents indigestion and good for all sort of Vatha ailments”
Siddha Medicinal Uses :
For cough with sputum, a piece of rhizome of this plant is slowly chewed. This is also good for vomiting.
For all sorts of digestive and respiratory ailments in infants and children, this rhizome is baked or heated and given after mixing with honey and breast milk.
1 to 3 gram of powder of this rhizome is administered thrice daily for rheumatic ailments.
For digestive problems, 1 to 5 grams of choornam or powder of this rhizome can be administered twice daily before food.
Athimathuram, Thaleesapathri, Arathai and Thippili can be powdered, mixed in equal quantity and given along with honey for cough, headache, fever and indigestion.
Recently research on this plant have proved that regular administration of powder or decoction of this rhizome increases sperm count and acts as an Aphrodisiac.
Actions : Anti-inflammatory, Febrifuge, Expectorant, Stomachic, Anti-rhuematic.