**for affections of the nervous system with convulsions and paralysis phenomena
**in chronic catarrh of the trachea and gastric mucosa with a tendency to hemorrhage, with bladder and loose easy
**for bleeding gums.
* An ointment made by stewing the fresh sliced tuber with lard is stated to be an efficient cure for ringworm, though the fresh sliced tuber applied to the skin produces a blister.
* Juice of the fresh plant when incorporated with lard has also been applied locally in the treatment of ringworm.