Listen now to the revered teachings of Dhanvantari as he imparts the wisdom of healing, especially those remedies beneficial for ailments of the head, senses, and women’s health, as preserved in the ancient scripture. To begin, he describes the preparation of a special oil: when oil made from milk and sugar is cooked with two measures of madhuka and one measure of oil, and used as nasal drops, it removes premature greyness of hair. For diseases of the mouth, gargling and rinsing with triphalā, smoke from the home, barley ash, pāṭhā, and vyopara, as well as the application of collyrium, are recommended. Further, powdered tejoda, triphalā, lodhra, and citraka, mixed with honey and held in the mouth, cure diseases of the throat, neck, teeth, and mouth. For mouthwash, astringent and excellent, a mixture of five leaves—paṭola, neem, vāgra, mālatī, and new leaves—is to be used. When treating the ears, the juice of garlic, fresh ginger, drumstick, radish, and the plant called rudantī, being pungent and hot, is best for ear filling. If there is severe ear pain, noise, or discharge, lukewarm cow’s urine mixed with powdered rock salt should be instilled. Oil cooked with the juice of jātī leaves conquers putrid ear conditions, while warm oil of dry ginger and mustard alleviates ear pain. For nasal congestion, milk boiled with pañcamūla, citraka, harītakī, clarified butter, jaggery, and a six-ingredient decoction brings relief. Fasting for five nights subdues diseases arising in the eyes and abdomen, catarrh, ulcers, and fevers. For inflammation of the eyes, instillation of the juice of emblic myrobalan is effective, or an ointment made with horseradish and radish juice, honey, and rock salt may be used. A poultice of turmeric, deodar, rock salt, pathyā, ajwain, and cow’s ghee, applied externally, cures eye diseases. A paste of triphalā with milk, or with dry ginger and neem leaves, slightly warmed and mixed with a little rock salt, when applied to the eyes, quickly removes swelling, itching, and pain. A decoction of abhayā and harītakī, in suitable portions and taken with honey and clarified butter, destroys all eye diseases. An ointment made from sandalwood, triphalā, areca nut, and the roots of the palāśa tree, ground with water, removes all darkness of vision. Pepper, well ground with curd and used as an ointment, removes night blindness; clarified butter cooked with the paste and decoction of triphalā and with payas is also beneficial. Taken at night, this quickly cures darkness of vision, especially when combined with pippalī, triphalā, grapes, iron powder, and rock salt. The juice of bhṛṅgarāja, ground and made into an ointment, is recommended to destroy blindness, darkness, cataract, and other eye diseases. A compound of trikaṭu, triphalā, saindhava, manaḥśilā, rucaka, conch shell, jātī flowers, and neem, together with rasāñjana, bhṛṅgarāja, clarified butter, honey, and milk, ground into pills, destroys all eye diseases. For head pain, a poultice made from the root of castor, burnt and pounded with crow’s feces, or the flower of mucukunda, is effective. Oil cooked with śatamūlī, castor root, cakrā, vyāghrī, and palāśa, used as nasal drops, removes dryness, phlegm, darkness, and diseases of the upper region. Nāsya (nasal therapy) with jaggery, or pippalī with rock salt, is beneficial in paralysis of the arm and all diseases of the upper part of the body. For disorders related to the sun’s orbit, nasal therapies and other medicines should be administered; a decoction of Daśamūla mixed with ghee and rock salt, used as nasal drops, alleviates splitting of the limbs and head pain caused by the sun’s orbit. Turning now to women’s health, Dhanvantari instructs that a woman afflicted by wind or blood disorders should drink a mixture of yogurt, black salt, ajwain, madhuka, blue lotus, and honey. For bile disorders, the fresh juice of Vāsaka or Gudūcī, or a paste of āmalakī seeds with water, along with Vāsa, sugar, and honey, is recommended. To relieve anemia and excessive discharge, one should drink the sweet juice of āmalakī or the root of the cotton plant with rice water. The root of taṇḍulīyaka, mixed with honey and fresh juice and taken with rice water, cures all types of excessive bleeding; likewise, the root of kuśa, taken with rice water, also cures excessive bleeding. Dhanvantari then addresses Suśruta: “I will now explain the treatment of women’s diseases. In disorders of the womb, therapies that pacify wind are especially recommended.” A mixture of vacā, pakuñcikā, jātī, kṛṣṇā, vāsaka, rock salt, ajamodā, yavakṣāra, citraka, and sugar should be prepared, ground, and mixed with water and other liquids, then consumed fried in ghee. This remedy alleviates pain in the womb, sides, heart, abdominal tumors, and hemorrhoids. For a ruptured womb, the application of a paste of badarī leaves is soothing, while a paste of lodhra and tumbī fruit brings firmness to the womb. Ghee cooked with the paste of five leaves and mālatī flowers, prepared in sunlight, stops abnormal uterine bleeding and removes foul odor from the womb. A preparation of japa flowers with sour gruel, jyotiṣmatī leaves, and a paste of dūrvā, along with citraka and sugar, should be consumed. A powder of dhātrī, añjana, and abhaya, taken with water, removes menstrual disorders. Lakṣmaṇā, taken with milk or used as nasal drops during the fertile period, grants a child. Half an āḍhaka of milk, ghee, and aśvagandhā, when consumed, grants a child; a barren woman, by drinking this with ghee and vyopakeśara, obtains a son. For abdominal pain in pregnant women, a decoction of kuśa, kāśa, urucṛka, mṛla, and gokṣuraka, with milk and sugar, is an excellent remedy. By applying pāṭhā, alaṅgali, siṃhā, mayūra, and kūṭaja separately to the navel, bladder, and vulva, a woman gives birth comfortably. For the midwife’s pain in the heart, head, and bladder—known as arkanda or kvalla—one should drink yavakṣāra with buttermilk or warm water. A decoction of Daśamūla with ghee removes uterine pain, and a powder of śātilā and rice, taken with milk, promotes milk production. The juice of vidārī root and the root of the cotton plant, along with dhātrī, purify breast milk; eating mudga soup is also beneficial. Thus, with compassion and clarity, Dhanvantari reveals these sacred remedies for the well-being of the body, the senses, and especially for the health and comfort of women, preserving the ancient wisdom for the benefit of all.