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Ddrvydai kvdthaj or compound decoction of Indian barberry. 



Take of the root bark of Indian barberry, rasot, cliiretta, Adhatoda 



Vasica (Vdsaka), Cyprus rottmdus (wiiistaka), bela fruit and 



marking nuts, equal parts, and prepare a decoction in the usual 



way. This is administered with honey in menorrhagia and copious 



discharges from the womb. Another combination said to be very 



useful in menorrhagia is as follows. Take of rasot and the root 



of Amaranthus spinoius (tanduliya) equal parts, beat into a paste 



with water, and administer with honey and water in which rice 



has been steeped. 



Sarangadhara recommends a simple decoction of Indian 



barberry to be given with the addition of honey in jaundice. 



fn painful micturition from bilious or acrid urine, a decoction of 



Indian barberry 2 and emblic myrobalan is given with honey. A 



decoction 3 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. 



The principal use of rasot however is in eye- diseases, in which 

 it is employed in a great variety of forms. The following are a 

 few illustrations. Take of rasot, chebulio myrobalan, rock salt and 

 red ochre, equal parts, rub them together into paste with water, 





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