O Rudra, hear now of the sacred remedies, as spoken in the ancient scriptures. When the seeds of mūlaka are ground together with the fresh juice of apāmārga and applied as a paste, they destroy sidhmaka, that troublesome skin ailment. Likewise, turmeric mixed with the ash of banana serves to remove sidhmaka, and when the ash of rambhā and apāmārga is combined with castor oil and used for massage, it immediately dispels sidhmaka, O Mahādeva. There are further remedies: the ash of kūṣmāṇḍa and nāla, when mixed with cow urine, is effective, as is turmeric ground with water and gently heated. When the body is covered and massaged with buffalo dung, O Bull-bannered One, it brings firmness and strength to the limbs. Turmeric, when mixed with sesame and mustard and used for massage, transforms even a foul-smelling person into one who is fragrant. Daily application of a paste made from the flowers of dūrvā, kākajaṅghā, arjuna, and the fruits of jambū and lodhra removes body odor, bringing freshness and purity. A powder of lodhra, bhava, norā, and gold, when used for massage, protects the body from the discomfort of summer heat. Sprinkling the body with milk at night removes disorders caused by heat, and massaging with kākajaṅghā brings a pleasing fragrance. For disorders of the blood, bile, jaundice, and pallor, one should consume licorice, sugar, the juice of vāsaka, and honey. Drinking the juice of vāsaka with honey cleanses the blood, and simply drinking water in the morning clears even severe nasal congestion. A blend of powders—bibhītaka, pippalī, and saindhava—taken with sour gruel, cures hoarseness of voice, O Great Lord. Likewise, a mixture of āmalaka powder with cow’s milk, manaḥśilā, balā root, kolapaṇa, and guggulu brings benefit to the body. For cough, make a stick from jāti leaves, kola leaves, and manaḥśilā, and burn it in a badara fire. Inhaling its smoke, O Great Lord, cures cough without fail. Powder of triphalā and pippalī, taken with honey before meals, removes thirst and fever. To remove vomiting, boil bilva root with honey and guḍūcī in water and drink it; this remedy is certain to cure all three types of vomiting. Grinding dūrvā with rice water and drinking it is also effective. Hari then spoke of the means to protect one’s home and self from serpents and poisons. The root of white punarnavā, gathered during the auspicious Puṣya star, when its water is drunk, ensures that serpents do not enter the house. If one carries an image of Tārkṣya made from the teeth of a bear, as long as the Bull-bannered god lives, serpents will not be seen. Drinking the root of śalmali during the Puṣya constellation, with water consecrated to Rudra, frees one from snake bites, without doubt. During Puṣya, binding the root of lajjāluka to the hand, or applying it as a paste, allows one to seize serpents without fear. Drinking the root of etārka with cold water during Puṣya destroys the poison from bites and from the karavīra plant. 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 types of poison. The roots of nīlī and lajjāluka, ground with rice water and drunk, destroy the poison from bites in both cases with a single dose. Fresh juice of kūṣmāṇḍa, mixed with jaggery and sugar and drunk with milk, destroys poison from bites. The root of kodrava, when combined with yaṣṭīmadhū and sugar and drunk, removes delusion; taken with milk for three nights, it also cures the poison of mice, or by drinking three measures of cold water. When the mouth is burned by betel and the flow of saliva ceases, drinking ghee with sugar prevents intoxication from alcohol. Drinking well-boiled water with the root of kṛṣṇāṅkola destroys the poison of garas within three nights, O Maheśvara. Warm cow’s ghee mixed with saindhava salt relieves the pain of scorpion bites, O Mahādeva. Kusubha, saffron, haritāla, mica, karañja, and ground arka root, when consumed, destroy poison in humans; and by applying lamp oil, the poison from insect bites is removed, as is the poison from kharjūra. To treat a scorpion bite, apply a paste of ginger and tagara; this also destroys the poison of bees. A paste of śatapuṣpā, saindhava, and ghee, and the seed of śirīṣa prepared with milk and rubbed, should be applied to the site. This paste removes the poison of dog bites, and sprinkling water heated by fire removes the poison from frog bites. If poison from a wound is mixed with datura and black mustard, drinking milk or jaggery, O moon-crested one, will destroy the poison. Water boiled with the bark of banyan, neem, and shami trees, when used for rinsing, removes the pain of poison in the mouth and teeth. Applying a paste of deodar or red ochre, or using nagakesara, daridra, and manjistha, O Hara, destroys the effects of worm poison, O Umāpati. The seeds of karanja and varuna bark, along with sesame and mustard, certainly destroy poison—of this there is no doubt. Ghee mixed with aloe leaf and salt, when given, removes itching in horses caused by bites. And now, O hearer, take eight parts of chitraka, sixteen of shurana, four parts of dry ginger, and two of black pepper, as the scripture continues to reveal further sacred remedies for the welfare of all beings.