He desired to free the javanese from the oppression of their princes, but the government would not help him and he resigned and returned to Holland, '56. The next four years he spent, in poverty, vainly seeking justice for the javanese.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
Horsfield states that the javanese use it as a tonic and antiperiodic.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
The hot infusion of the leaves is a good diaphoretic taken by the mouth, especially useful in catarrhal bronchitis, and prized as an expectorant by the Chinese and javanese.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera