Medicinal uses:

• The seeds are used to treat diseases of blood and mouth sores.
• Oil extracted from the seeds is mixed with milk and sugar and used as tonic.
• The plant has immense medicinal value in stomach related problems.
• In case of over consumption fever, hip, and leg pain will come.
• This plant is not advisable for pregnant ladies.

Cooking combination: You can either cook the plant separately or with other greens such as thoyya
and kanan keerai.

Eating combination: Finger millet ball, Finger millet porridge.