Botany:
· A prostrate or ascending, slender herb, the branches numerous, spreading from the root 8 to 20 cm long, somewhat wooly or nearly glabrous, leafy.
· Leaves: 1 cm long or less, oblong-ovate to oblanceolate, with few coarse teeth on the margin.
· Heads sessile, globose, 3 to 4 mm in diameter, many flowered. Outer flowers female, many-seriate, the corolla small, disk hemispheric, the bracts 2-seriate.
· Fruits: achenes, about 1 cm long, 4-angled, hairy on the angles, pappus none.

Distribution
In open waste places, rice paddies, etc., occasional flowering during December to June, widely distributed in the Philippines.

Parts utilized:
Entire plant.
Collect from February to July.
Rinse and sun-dry.

Properties
Pungent-warming, clears out nose, ear cavity; antirheumatic, antiphlogistic, anticontusion, antiinfectious, invigorates blood circulation, relieves gastrointestinal disorders

Folkloric uses
· Rhinitis: Ointment made dried pulverized material with camphor or yerba buena (Mentha arvensis) to make a 10% valenine ointment) applied to the nose for rhinitis.
· Rheumatic lumbar and leg pains.
· Sprains, bone fractures, poisonous snake bites, furuncle.
· Dosage: use 3 to 9 gms dried material or 9 to 15 gms fresh material in decoction.
· Poultice used for sprains, contusions and snake bites.

Availability
Wild-crafted.