*A decoction of the leaves has been shown to exhibit anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects in rats.
*It is used as an ethno-medicinal plant for the treatment of a number of ailments such as fevers, chills, vomiting, burns, fevers, hypertension, headache, earache, stomachache, asthma, arthritis, snake bites, scorpion stings, diarrhea, malaria and epilepsy.[clarification needed]
==Common name==
* '''English''' - Culantro
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