This plant species is described in the work Plantas Medicinales (medicinal plants) of Pius Font i Quer.Pius Font i Quer, Plantas medicinales, editorial Labor, 1962 According to it, its rhizome contains asparagine, mucilage, a cardio-tonic glycoside, saponin, and quinine gluconate. It has been used for intestinal problems and pain, for rheumatism, gout, water retention, and as a diuretic. He says that the scientific medicine has used it to treat diabetes. He also describes a digestive liquor that uses the rhizome of this plant.
