A small, handsome herb with aromatic rhizome, rotund-ovate or suborbicular leaves, spreading flat on the ground, white, membraneous, bilipped flowers with purple spots, on short scapes.

leprosy, skin diseases, rheumatism, asthma, cough, bronchitis, wounds, ulcers, worm infestations, fever, malarial fever, spleen disorders, headache, inflammatory tumour, nasal obstruction, bleeding, eye diseases, swellings