[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877) › c5.s3.t1.9 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s3.t1.9 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s3.t1.9 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s3.t1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.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. - [Previous: c5.s3.t1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s3.t1.8) - [Next: c5.s3.t1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s3.t1.10) - [Up: c5.s3.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s3.t1) ## Cites (1) - [Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.laghutrayi.sarngadharasamhita) — Śārṅgadhara (physician), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s3.t1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s3.t1.9) · Pramāṇa