In ancient times, when ailments arose among people, wise physicians and sages turned to the sacred knowledge of healing plants and remedies. They knew that a decoction prepared from phalatrika, amrita, the bitter bhūnimba, and nimba, when mixed with honey, had the power to destroy jaundice and anemia. For those tormented by fevers of the blood and bile, or suffering from complex disorders, a sweetmeat crafted from trivṛt, triphalā, śyāmā, long pepper, sugar, and honey was given, bringing relief and balance. They pondered, “If vāsā is present in the body and life endures, why should one afflicted with blood-bile, wasting, and cough lose strength?” Thus, they prepared a decoction of āṭarūpa, grapes, and pathyā, sweetened with sugar and abundant honey, which removed coughs, breathlessness, and blood-bile disorders. For blood disorders, the juice of vāsā mixed with sugar, when drunk, proved victorious. And if bleeding persisted, the fruits of sallakī, badarī, jambu, priyāla, mango, arjuna, and dhava, each taken with milk and honey, would staunch it. Those suffering from wasting were restored to radiant health—shining like deities—after drinking ghee prepared with the juice of nirguṇḍī, including its root, fruit, and leaves. To destroy cough, relieve thirst, and restore appetite, a sweetmeat of harītakī, long pepper, dry ginger, black pepper, and jaggery was given. Ghee prepared from thirty palas of kaṇṭakāri and gudūcī juice, each cooked separately in the amount of one prastha, was renowned for curing cough and stimulating digestion. Black nightshade, amla, white nightshade, dry ginger, and honey, taken together, destroyed hiccups and breathlessness. For further relief, bhārṅga with viśvā and warm water was recommended. When the voice faltered, one would hold khādira smeared with oil in the mouth, or pathyā mixed with long pepper or ginger. For vomiting, powder of viḍaṅga and trilā with honey, or a decoction of mango and jambu mixed with honey, was drunk. Triphalā with honey removed all vomiting, thirst, dizziness, and fainting. For epilepsy and disorders caused by spirits, drinking pañcagavya was beneficial; likewise, the juice of kūṣmāṇḍa with rice brought relief. Old ghee prepared with brahmi, vacā, kuṣṭha, and śaṅkhapuṣpī was used for madness, spirit disorders, and epilepsy. For women, a decoction of aśvagandhā, or a paste in four times the amount of milk, cooked with ghee, pacified vāta, promoted virility, and granted sons. Powder of nīlī and muṇḍī with honey and ghee, taken with a decoction of chinnā, destroyed even the most severe vātarakta. The five pathyās with jaggery, in the form of juice, paste, powder, or decoction, were remedies for kuṣṭha, piles, and vāta disorders. A decoction and paste of kālāguḍūcī ended vātarakta; cooked with ghee and milk, it soothed kuṣṭha, wounds, and similar conditions. Triphalā and guggulu removed vātarakta and unconsciousness, while guggulu with cow’s urine destroyed stiffness of the thighs. For pain from vāta and sāmavāta, a decoction of dry ginger and gokṣura was prepared, and also with daśamūla, amṛta, eraṇḍa, rāsnā, nāgara, and dāru. A decoction with marīca and jaggery cured great swelling; a confection destroyed cough and thirst, and improved appetite. Juice of kaṇṭakāri and guḍūcī, thirty-two palas each, cooked with a prastha of ghee, removed cough and stimulated the heart. A decoction with kṛṣṇā, dhātrī, sugar, dry ginger, black pepper, and rock salt, mixed with castor oil, powerfully destroyed heavy vāta. Balā, punarnavā, eraṇḍa, both bṛhatīs, and gokṣura, with hingula for color, when drunk, relieved pain from vāta. A decoction of triphalā, nimbā, yaṣṭī, kaṭukā, and aragvadha, mixed with honey, was given to relieve burning and pain. Water of triphalā with yaṣṭī destroyed pain from indigestion; purified maṇḍūra with triphalā powder, licked with honey and ghee, removed pain from all three doṣas. Trivṛt, kṛṣṇā, and harītakī, in proportions of two, four, and five, made into pills the size of jaggery, removed constipation and disease. Powder of harītakī, yavakṣāra, pippalī, and trivṛt, taken with ghee, destroyed udāvarta. Trivṛt, harītakī, and śyāmā, processed with snuhī milk, made into pills and taken with urine, were the best for breaking constipation. Ghee cooked with tryūṣaṇa, triphalā, dhanyā, viḍaṅga, cavyā, and citraka, all made into paste, was a remedy for vāta-gulma. Nāgara root, cooked with milk, relieved heart pain; half as much saindhava salt and ghee of śiva were also drunk. For difficulty in urination and to restore life, powder of kaṇā, pāṣāṇabheda, or śilājatu, with rice and jaggery, was given. Those afflicted by wind disorders, with pain and difficulty in urination, drank a decoction of amṛtā, nāgari, dhātrī, vājigandhā, and trikantaka. Yavakṣāra, resembling sugar, removed all urinary difficulties; likewise, the juice of nidigdhikā with honey destroyed such ailments. Salt combined with a paste of triphalā relieved urinary retention; if urination was obstructed, camphor powder was introduced into the urethra. A decoction made from the root of śigru, hot and pungent, induced urination; the juice of dhātrī with honey and turmeric removed all urinary disorders; a decoction of triphalā, dāru, dārvī, and aśṭaka with honey cured urinary diseases. One who wished to reduce obesity was advised to gradually increase wakefulness, sexual restraint, exercise, and contemplation, while giving up excessive food. Eating barley and śyāmāka, which promote leanness, and drinking honeyed water or hot food with broth, led to thinness. Powders of cavyā, jīraka, vyoṣa, hiṅgu, sauvarcala, and āmalaka, taken with honey, purified the blood, destroyed fat, and stimulated digestion in every way. For abdominal disorders, pieces of citraka were cooked in four times as much water and twice as much urine, prepared into a paste, and one prastha of clarified butter with milk was drunk, bringing relief and restoring health. Thus, through the wisdom of the sages and the gifts of nature, suffering was alleviated, and the balance of the body restored.