Pratimarsha nasya

A second kind of oleating nasya, pratimarsha (also called avamarsha, says a footnote), is used at nine times, listed in a footnote: on rising in the morning, on leaving the house, after cleaning the teeth, after rising from day sleep, after walking, after passing urine, after vomiting, after meals and in the evening. Its effects are given for each: in the morning it removes the waste gathered in nose and mouth overnight and heavy sleepiness; on going out it wards off wind, sun, smoke and dust from the nose; after tooth-cleaning it firms the teeth, scents the mouth and removes severe pains; after day sleep it removes the remains of sleep, heaviness of the head and other faults; after walking it removes fatigue and body pain; after urinating it at once clears what the commentary calls waste (nirada) in the body; after vomiting it quickly clears kapha stuck in the throat and brings desire for food; after meals it cleanses the channels; in the evening it gives sound sleep and easy waking. Its measure is as much fat (ghee) as, put in the nose, reaches the mouth. It makes the mouth fragrant and the teeth and hair firm, and removes all diseases of the ears, eyes, mouth and nose and those above the throat and collar bone.