Yakushi Nyorai

薬師如来

Afterlife & MemorialFertility & ChildbirthHealth & HealingNational & AncestralPurification & ExorcismBandai healing templeChosokabe clan templeSomin sai yakuyokeback gate yakuyokebad luck cuttingbody and foot healthcancer & illness healingcancer wardingeye & sea protectioneye and illness healingeye disease healingeye healingeye healing and childrenhandshake daishi wisheshealinghealing & Pure Land peacehealing & edo protectionhealing and mummified monkhealing eternal flamehealing illnesshealing mountain templehealing of illnesshealing white waterhealth and healinghell and salvation teachinghot spring curehot spring healingillness healingillness recoveryleg strength healingmiracle spring healingmisfortune-dispelling kawarakepilgrimage completion releasesafe childbirth ladlesevering bad karmawelcoming ancestor spiritswell reflection yakuyokewhale memorialwomens yakuyokeyakudoshi wardingyakuyoke

Bhaiṣajyaguru, or Bhaishajyaguru, formally Bhaiṣajya-guru-vaiḍūrya-prabha-rāja, is the Buddha of healing and medicine in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Commonly referred to as the "Medicine Buddha", he is described as a doctor who cures suffering using the medicine of his teachings.