In India it is used by inunction in rheumatism and in the Philippines locally over the stomach in indigestion and colic.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
After six days' treatment, considering his life in imminent danger, I reiterated my advice to institute the inunction cure, and the patient then acquiesced.
"The Electric Bath"
George M. Schweig
After the wound has healed, mercurial inunction over the spine is employed to hasten the absorption of inflammatory products.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson