The powdered seeds make a useful Parasiticide especially when used on the scalp, but it is necessary to avoid getting any of the drug in the eyes on account of its irritant effect.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
This excellent Parasiticide may perhaps be equally endowed with anti-typhic properties.
"On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment"
Honoré Bourguignon