Hear now the sacred teachings as revealed in the Garuḍa Purāṇa, where the remedies for ailments and poisons are lovingly imparted. In the days of old, wise sages discovered the healing power of nature’s gifts. They knew that taking the root of banana, mixed with jaggery and ghee, cooked over fire and eaten, would drive out the worms that trouble the abdomen. For those afflicted with leprosy, they prescribed the daily consumption of powdered neem leaves and amalaki each morning, which destroys the disease. In cases of leprosy, they would grind harītakī, viḍaṅga, turmeric, white mustard, roots of somarāja, and raundhava of karañja with cow urine, creating a potent remedy. For eruptions of the skin, one part triphalā and two parts śivā, together with seeds of somarāja, taken with pathya, would bring relief. Sour buttermilk combined with cow urine, boiled with salt and rubbed on bronze, when applied as a rough paste, destroys both leprosy and skin eruptions. Turmeric, haritāla, dūrvā, cow urine, and saindhava salt, made into a paste, were known to destroy skin eruptions, scabies, and even poison. To cure white leprosy, the seeds of somarāja mixed with fresh butter and tasted with honey were recommended. When taken with buttermilk or rice water, there was no need for further consideration, so effective was the remedy. The root of śvetāparājitā, made into a paste with water and applied for a month, would destroy white leprosy. For the affliction called durnāma, buffalo ghee, butter, vermilion, and amarīcaka, used as ointments for skin disease, would bring healing. The dried root of gāmbhārī, cooked and mixed with milk, when eaten, destroys śuklapitta. The seeds of mūlaka, ground with the juice of apāmārga and applied as a paste, would destroy sidhmaka. Turmeric mixed with banana ash was another remedy for sidhmaka; likewise, the ash of rambhā and apāmārga, combined with castor and used for massage, would immediately destroy sidhmaka. Ash of kūṣmāṇḍa and nāla, combined with cow urine, and turmeric ground with water, prepared with gentle heat, were also effective treatments. To bring firmness to the limbs, the body would be covered with buffalo dung and massaged. Turmeric mixed with sesame and mustard, used for body massage, made a foul-smelling person fragrant. Daily, the flowers of dūrvā, kākajaṅghā, and arjuna, along with the fruits of jambū and lodhra, when used as a paste, removed body odor. Powder of lodhra, bhava, norā, and gold, when used for body massage, prevented discomfort from summer heat. Sprinkling the body with milk during the night removed heat disorders, and massaging with kākajaṅghā produced a pleasant fragrance. For disorders of blood, bile, jaundice, and pallor, licorice, sugar, the juice of vāsaka, and honey, when consumed, brought relief. The juice of vāsaka with honey, when drunk, removed blood disorders, and drinking water in the morning eliminated severe nasal congestion. Powdered bibhītaka, pippalī, and saindhava, taken with sour gruel, destroyed hoarseness of voice. Powder of āmalaka taken with cow's milk, along with manaḥśilā, balā root, kolapaṇa, and guggulu, proved beneficial. Jāti leaves, kola leaves, and manaḥśilā, made into a stick and burned in a badara fire, produced smoke which, when inhaled, cured cough without doubt. Powder of triphalā and pippalī, taken with honey before meals, removed thirst and fever. Bilva root, boiled with honey and guḍūcī in water, when drunk, removed three types of vomiting without doubt; drinking dūrvā, ground with rice water, also removed vomiting. Then Hari spoke of remedies for serpents and poisons. The root of white punarnavā, gathered during the Puṣya star, when its water is drunk, ensures that no serpents enter the house. Carrying an image of Tārkṣya made from the teeth of a bear protects one from serpents as long as the bull-bannered god lives. Whoever drinks the root of śalmali during the Puṣya constellation, with water consecrated to Rudra, will be freed from snake bites. During Puṣya, binding the root of lajjāluka to the hand or applying it as a paste enables one to seize serpents without fear. Drinking the root of etārka with cold water during Puṣya destroys the poison from bites and the poison from karavīra. The root of mahākāla, ground and mixed with sour gruel and applied as a paste, removes the poison of voḍrā and ḍuṇḍubha. The root of taṇḍulīyaka, ground with rice water and drunk with ghee, removes all kinds of poison. The root of nīlī and lajjāluka, ground with rice water and drunk, destroys the poison from bites with a single dose. The fresh juice of kūṣmāṇḍa, mixed with jaggery and sugar and drunk with milk, destroys the poison from bites. The root of kodrava, when combined with yaṣṭīmadhū and sugar and drunk, removes delusion. Drinking it with milk for three nights removes the poison of mice, or drinking three measures of cold water achieves the same. For one whose mouth is burned by betel, the flow of saliva ceases; drinking ghee with sugar prevents intoxication from alcohol. Well-boiled water with the root of kṛṣṇāṅkola, when drunk, destroys the poison of garas within three nights. Warm cow's ghee mixed with saindhava salt destroys the pain caused by scorpion bites. Kusubha, saffron, haritāla, mica, karañja, and ground arka root were also invoked by Śaṅkara for their healing properties. Thus, the ancient sages and divine beings revealed the remedies for afflictions and poisons, guiding all who seek health and protection through the wisdom of Sanātana Dharma.