s. f, ee (Berberis aristata) which is found in Trans-Indus hills. Its stems are used as diaphoretic, and laxative in rheumatism. The root is used largely in the native system of medicine to cure pain in the stomach and in diarrhœa, and is also rubbed with oil externally in cases of rheumatism. The dried extract of the root rasaut is externally used as a purgative for children, and especially as an application on the eye in cases of ophthalmia.