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Therapy
Tooth cleaning (dantadhavana)
दंतधावन (दातुन) · दन्तधावन
Procedure
Tooth cleaning against kapha
कफनाशक दंतधावन
The teeth are cleaned with sticks of neem, karanja, babul and other bitter, pungent or astringent trees and with a tooth powder of dry ginger, black pepper, long pepper and salt, which is…
Procedure
Cleaning the teeth with a tooth-stick
दंत धावन · दन्तधावन
Every morning the teeth are cleaned with a faultless tooth-stick suited to the doshas, which the commentary explains as sticks of neem, babul, karanja, arjuna and the like that counter…
Procedure
Pratimarsha nasya
प्रतिमर्श नस्य
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…
Topic
The nine times of pratimarsha and their effects
प्रतिमर्श नस्य के नौ काल और उनके फल · प्रतिमर्श नस्य के नौ काल व उसके फल
Pratimarsha on rising clears the night's waste from nose and mouth and heavy sleepiness; on going out it wards off wind, sun, smoke and dust; after tooth-cleaning it firms the teeth, scents…
Topic
Further measures against kapha
कफ नाशक उपाय · कफनाशक उपाय
Kapha is calmed by holding gargles of mustard and the like, of salty, pungent, astringent and bitter drugs and of hot water; by cleaning the teeth with sticks of neem, karanja, babul and…
Condition
Tartar on the teeth (dantasharkara)
दंतशर्करा · दन्तशर्करा
Hardened, gritty deposit of dirt on uncleaned teeth that causes them to decay; it is removed without wounding the tooth roots.