Medicine Buddha is considered the \"Great Healer,\" \"Master of Remedies,\" and “Master of Lapis Lazuli,” and helps to protect human beings from physical and mental illness. The Medicine Buddha is holding a bowl of myrobalan, a healing herb that is used as a laxative or purgative and has an outstretched right hand that symbolizes generosity and protection in an effort to help human beings free themselves from the three poisons of attachment, ignorance, and hatred.