Sans,

Syonάka.

Aralu.

Veen. Nάsonά, Beng. Arlu, Hind.

This is a small tree, growing over a large part of India. The root-bark is used in medicine. It is considered astringent, tonic, and useful in diarrhoea and dysentery. It is also an ingredient of dasamula (see Desmodium gangeticum), and is thus largely used in a great variety of diseases. The tender fruits are described as grateful, carminative and stomachic.

The root-bark is enclosed within some leaves and a layer of clay and roasted. The juice expressed from this roasted bark is given in diarrhoea and dysentery with the addition of mocharasa (gum of Bombax Malabarium).1

In otorrhoea, Sάrangadhara recommends the use of an oil prepared by boiling, over a gentle fire, sesamum oil with a paste made of the root-bark of Calosanthes Indica.2