Sandalwood for Acne

• Daha (burning sensation)
• Trishna (excessive thirst)
• Jwara (fever — especially Pitta type)
• Raktapitta (bleeding disorders)
• Visha (poisoning)
• Kushtha (skin diseases)
• Prameha (urinary disorders/diabetes)
• Shweta Pradara (leucorrhea)
• Mutrakrichchhra (dysuria)

Having thus mitigated the kapha, the person should take bath, anoint the body with the paste of karpura (camphor), candana (sandalwood), aguru (Aquilaria agallocha), and kumkuma (saffron).

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Ritucharya adhyaya Seasonal

Exhaustion due to heat of the day is relieved by, anointing the body with paste of sandalwood, wearing garlands, avoidance of sexual activities, wearing of very light and thin dress, by fanning with fans made of leaves of Tala or large leaves of padmini (lily) made wet;

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Ritucharya adhyaya Seasonal

The treatment shall be bathing (washing), pouring with water processed with anti-poisonous drugs, application of paste of Sevya (Ushira), Candana (sandalwood), Padmaka – Wild Himalayan Cherry (heart wood) – Prunus puddum / cerasoides;

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Anna Raksha Vidhi

Tikta Gana – group of bitters :त तः पदोल ाय ती वालकोशीर च दनम ् भू न ब न ब कटुका तगरा गु व सकम ् न तमाला वरजनी मु त मूवाट पकम पाठापामागकां यायोगुडू चध वयासकम ् प चमल ू ं महा या यौ वशाल अ त वषावचा Patoli, Trayanti – Gentiana kurroa, Valaka, Usira – Vetiveria zizanioides, Chandana – Sandalwood, Bhunimba – The creat (whole plant) – Andrographis paniculata, Nimba – Neem – Azadirachta indica, Katuka – Picrorhiza kurroa, Tagara – Indian Valerian (root) – Valeriana wallichi, Aguru, Vatsaka – Hol

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Rasabhediyam Tastes, Their

Inhaling of fumes from herbs that are coolant, pleasant and cordial Anointing the body with camphor, sandalwood paste, Vetiver paste, very frequently.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Doshopakramaniyam

In pittaja morbid thirst, water mixed with grapes, sandalwood, dates, vetiveria zizanioidis, honey and cold water in which red shali rice, dates, parushaka, blue water lily, grapes, honey and a baked lump of earth have been kept, may be given or water kept in earthen pot in which 64 tola of red shali rice, pounded with lodhra, liquorice, antimony and blue water lily are put and in which a baked clod of clay, water and honey have been integrated.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 22: Thirst Disorders Treatment (Trishna Chikitsa / तृष्णाचिकित्सा)

[268 ½ –276½] Prapaundarikadya taila: Paste of one karsa each of prapaundarika, yastimadhu – Glycrrhiza glabra, Pippali – Long pepper fruit – Piper longum, chandana – sandalwood – Santalum album and utpala – Nymphaea alba.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 26: Three Vital Organs Treatment (Trimarmiya Chikitsa / त्रिमर्मीयचिकित्सा)

Churnas (powders), Snehas (medicated oils/ghee), Asavas (fermented preparations), and Lehas (confections) generally contain white sandalwood (Chandana).

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Purva Khanda, Chapter 1: Paribhashakathana (Definitions)

In Kashaya (decoctions) and Lepa (pastes), red sandalwood (Rakta-chandana) is typically used.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Purva Khanda, Chapter 1: Paribhashakathana (Definitions)

Pathyadi Kvatha: Pathya (Haritaki — Terminalia chebula), Nimba (neem — Azadirachta indica), Nidigdhika (Solanum xanthocarpum), Kiratatikta (Swertia chirayita), Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia), and Chandana (sandalwood — Santalum album) decoction alleviates Pitta Jvara (fever caused by Pitta).

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 1: Svarasadikalpana (Svarasa, Kalka, Kvatha, etc.)

Patoladi Kvatha: Patola (Trichosanthes dioica), Madhuka (Glycyrrhiza glabra), Triphala, Katuka (Picrorhiza kurroa), Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia), Mustaka (Cyperus rotundus), Parpata (Fumaria indica), and the two types of Chandana (red and white sandalwood) — these should be decocted in water.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 1: Svarasadikalpana (Svarasa, Kalka, Kvatha, etc.)

Amritottara Kvatha: Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia), Nimba bark (Azadirachta indica), Bilva bark (Aegle marmelos), Padmaka (Prunus cerasoides), and Raktachandana (red sandalwood — Pterocarpus santalinus) — this decoction should be consumed.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 1: Svarasadikalpana (Svarasa, Kalka, Kvatha, etc.)

Knowledge that has been acquired through study but is not properly expounded in its meaning is like a load of sandalwood on a donkey — it merely causes fatigue (without benefit).

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 4: Prabhashaniya Adhyaya - Exposition and Commentaries

A famous metaphor — mere memorization without understanding is like a donkey carrying precious sandalwood but unable to appreciate its fragrance.

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 4: Prabhashaniya Adhyaya - Exposition and Commentaries

Just as a donkey carrying a load of sandalwood knows the weight of the burden but not the fragrance of sandalwood, so too do those who study many texts but remain ignorant of their meaning — they carry them like donkeys.

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 4: Prabhashaniya Adhyaya - Exposition and Commentaries

Extended donkey-sandalwood metaphor.

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 4: Prabhashaniya Adhyaya - Exposition and Commentaries

For Pitta wounds: cooling, with sandalwood, camphor.

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 18: Vrana-alepa-bandha Vidhi Adhyaya - Wound Poultices and Dressings