In the sacred discourse of Dhanvantari, the divine physician, a treasury of remedies unfolds, each carefully described for the healing of ailments that afflict the body, especially the eyes and the maladies particular to women and children. He begins with the care of the eyes, prescribing a poultice made from turmeric, deodar, rock salt, pathyā, ajwain, and cow’s ghee. When applied externally, this mixture is said to cure diseases of the eyes. For swelling, itching, and pain, a paste of triphalā with milk—or with dry ginger and neem leaves, gently warmed and blended with a little rock salt—should be applied to the eyes, swiftly relieving these discomforts. To destroy all eye diseases, Dhanvantari recommends a decoction of abhayā and harītakī, taken in varying proportions with honey and clarified butter. For darkness of vision, an ointment made from sandalwood, triphalā, areca nut, and the roots of the palāśa tree, ground with water, serves as a remedy. Night blindness is treated by applying pepper ground with curd as an ointment, and clarified butter cooked with the paste and decoction of triphalā and payas is considered highly beneficial. Taken at night, this preparation quickly cures darkness of vision, especially when composed of pippalī, triphalā, grapes, iron powder, and rock salt. A powerful ointment is made by grinding the juice of bhṛṅgarāja, which destroys blindness, darkness, cataract, and other eye diseases. Further, a combination of trikaṭu, triphalā, saindhava, manaḥśilā, rucaka, conch shell, jātī flowers, and neem, together with rasāñjana, bhṛṅgarāja, clarified butter, honey, and milk, ground into pills, is said to eradicate all eye diseases. For the pain of the head, a poultice made from the root of castor, burnt and pounded with crow’s feces, or the flower of mucukunda, quickly brings relief. Oil cooked with śatamūlī, castor root, cakrā, vyāghrī, and palāśa, used as nasal drops, removes dryness, phlegm, darkness, and diseases of the upper regions. For paralysis of the arm and other upper body ailments, nācana (or lanaṇa) with jaggery, or pippalī with rock salt, is prescribed. When disorders arise due 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 to women’s health, Dhanvantari prescribes a mixture of yogurt, black salt, ajwain, madhuka, blue lotus, and honey for those afflicted by wind or blood disorders. For bile disorders, the fresh juice of Vāsaka or Gudūcī, or a paste of āmalakī seeds with water, taken with Vāsa, sugar, and honey, is recommended. To relieve anemia and excessive discharge, the sweet juice of āmalakī or the root of the cotton plant with rice water is to be consumed. The root of taṇḍulīyaka, mixed with honey and fresh juice, taken with rice water, cures all types of excessive bleeding; the root of kuśa with rice water also brings relief. Dhanvantari then addresses Suśruta, promising to explain the treatment of women’s diseases. For 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 is to be prepared, ground, and mixed with water and other liquids. Consumed fried in ghee, this remedy alleviates pain in the womb, sides, heart, abdominal tumors, and hemorrhoids. A paste of badarī leaves soothes a ruptured womb, while a paste of lodhra and tumbī fruit brings firmness. 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, is to be consumed. For menstrual disorders, a powder of dhātrī, añjana, and abhaya taken with water is effective. Lakṣmaṇā taken with milk, or used as nasal drops during the fertile period, grants a child. Half an āḍhaka of milk, ghee, and aśvagandhā also grant a child; a barren woman, by drinking this with ghee and vyopakeśara, may obtain 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. Applying pāṭhā, alaṅgali, siṃhā, mayūra, and kūṭaja separately to the navel, bladder, and vulva helps a woman to give birth comfortably. The midwife’s pain in the heart, head, and bladder, known as arkanda (or kvalla), is relieved by drinking 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. For children afflicted with vāla, a lickable medicine made from kuṣṭha, vacā, abhaya, brāhmī, madhurā, with honey and ghee, brings complexion, longevity, and charm. In the absence of breast milk, goat’s milk or cow’s milk, which have similar qualities, should be given. For swelling without heat, fomentation should be done with earth heated by fire. A lickable preparation of musta and vipāyaka is prescribed for vomiting and fever; for diarrhea, a mixture of dry ginger, viṣā, vilva, and kūṭaja is effective. Honey, vyoṣa, and mātuluṅga are remedies for hiccup and vomiting; kuṣṭha, indrayava, siddhārthaka, niśā, and dūrvā are curative for skin diseases. Bathing with decoctions of mahāmuñjā, tikta, and jīcya removes afflictions caused by planets. Anointing with saptacchada, amaya, niśā, and candana is also prescribed. Wearing conch, lotus seed, rudrākṣa, vacā, and iron is recommended. With the mantra ‘oṃ kaṃ ṭaṃ yaṃ gaṃ, obeisance to Vainateya; oṃ hoṃ hāṃ haḥ,’ peace is achieved for children by sprinkling and tying threads, and with the mantra ‘oṃ hrīṃ bālamrahādvaliṃ gṛhṇīta vālaṃ muñcata svāhā.’ For poison, a pala of śirīṣa taken with rice water acts as an antidote; rice water with varṣābhvā or śuklā is a remedy for snakebite. Curd, ghee, rice water, gṛhadhṛma, niśā, and a paste or drink with honey are effective against the poison of sindhṛttha. A decoction of aṅkoṭa root with ghee, when drunk, is an antidote to poison, destroys old age and disease, and is considered a rejuvenator. Finally, sindūti, arārka, rāśuṇṭhī, kaṇā, honey, and jaggery, taken in sequence, are to be used during the rainy season and so on, along with abhaya, by those seeking the qualities of rejuvenation. Thus, Dhanvantari, in compassion and wisdom, reveals these ancient remedies, each bestowed for the healing and well-being of all, preserving the sacred balance of life.