The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s3.t1.9

c5.s3.t1.9

Sárangadhara recommends a simple decoction of Indian barberry to be given with the addition of honey in jaundice. In painful micturition from bilious or acrid urine, a decoction of Indian barberry² and emblic myrobalan is given with honey. A decoction³ of the root bark is used as a wash for unhealthy ulcers, and is said to improve their appearance and promote cicatrization. In the intertrigo of infants, rasot is recommended to be applied externally and administered internally.⁴ Rasot mixed with honey, is said to be an useful application to aphthous sores.