Description
Saccharum munja is useful in burning sensation, thrist, herpes, duypepsia, dyscaria, erysipelas and urinary complaints and diseases of eyes. Roots of Saccharum munja used in dysuria, giddiness and vertigo. Saccharum munja is used to cure bleeding wounds.
The thicker parts are used to make stools known as mooda while the outer skin is used as thatch. The tuli, top half, is made into baskets and the leafy covering, moonj, is beaten into fibre an twisted into jeverdi, rope, which is used to web local furniture such as charpoi(cot), peeda and mooda(stools).