Dantadhavanam

Courtesy: Sri.Chiraan

Dantadhavanam !

11Sep

Dantadhavanam - – Dental Care Vedic ISHTYLE !

A thought occurred one fine morning , almost entire civilisation is today using tooth brush and tooth paste ….. In the olden days when there was no tooth paste, were all the people suffering from bad breath ? Or pyorrhea was order of the day ? or nasal herbal outburst was accepted disorder ? The way tooth brush brushed aside a natural phenomena of using twigs for dental care is a research unto itself !

Does using branches of tree forms bad dental care ?

EVen today many villager still use neem … Even in some major cities neem twigs are sold across the footpath …But prolonged use of such non juicy dry sticks of neem [ just for the sakeof nostalgia of yester era ] will definitely give way to dental disorders , more so inconsistent qulaity of breath … So how did the people of yore managed their tooth ? were they using a mantra " hari….. saaSon me taazgi ….. dehi me svaha "

On an another note – if Satyavati could throw a frangrance for a yojana , did she still suffer bad breath as she never used COLGATE PEPSODENT CLOSEUP Vicco Neem CIBACA [ so much for brand recall ] …{ are yaar yeh datun ke mammle mein ramayan Mahabharat kahan se cchid gaya …. yeh chiraan ka pichle janam ka bimari hai kya }

Mao se Tung had a lavish lifestyle [ all the while communism was for only common idiotic masses ] , his concubines had only one complaint he had a very stinking pyorrhea [ perhaps that was responsible for regime change and according to promoters of tooth care his single most reason of death , as he only used jungle weeds and leaves , puss ooozed out of his gums and yet HE continued to rule China under great pain ] [ are mere baap ,. tumhara kya HUL se panga hai kya ? ab Mao tse kahan se agaya is discussion mein , Kabhi to present mein jiyo mere bhai ,, yah to astro bolke future mein ghus jate ho nahi to MAHABHARAT utha ke latei ho , koi mujhe is chiraan ke atyachaari phekam-phaak se bachaye ! mujhe jeene do - Live and let live ]

Samhita says there are thousands of varieties of datavan[ tooth care ] involving Valli , lata , gulma and vruksha [ ie weedlets weeds creepers trees etc ] , without going into numerous details . only few which are common and useful and available to people at large shall be discussed ..

The twigs of tress hitherto unknown , whose properties of leaves are unknown , which have twin outgrowths and the twigs that have crest/phalange divding it into two , twigs which are broken ,torn ,and those that have dried on the tree itself or the one which has no skin , should not be used for dantadhavanam [ sanskrit term for brushing teeth ] .

The twigs should be 12 inches in size and soft at the front to be chewed and brushed alonside the teeth and gums gently with the fresh juice of the twig cleansing the toungue and throat equally .. . The aam [ bile like scretions or wetern equivalent of serum ] collected overnite obstructs the nadi in the agnya chakra … and with fresh juice of dantadhavan sticks , this nullifies the aam and freshens up the day ….cleanses sinuses and improves vision and gives clear voice and fresh breath .

But samhita describes specific result arising out of each tree -

• Vaikankat , coconut and kashmari tree twigs when used for tooth brushing increases BRAMHI DYUTI [ bramhinical light ]
• Kshem tree gives a beautiful and intelligent ,chaste wife
• Vata vruksha gives lots of money
• Arka [ aak ] increases the TEJ [ the spiritual radiance ]
• Madhu vryksha gives brith of child
• Arjun tree gives ability that makes one lovable among the surrounding people
• Shirish tree and Karanja tree if used for brushing teeth brings in wealth
• Plaksh tree gives fulfillment of all desires
• Chameli if used for brushing teeth gives lot of respect in the vicinity
• Peepal tree will give leadership qualities
• Badari and Brihati [ Ber [ berries ] and kateri ] gives health and relief from diseases and increase in longevity
• Khadir and Bel gives enormous prosperity
• Tanye tree [ tenduva tennesse] and Kadamba tree gives obtainment of all the desired articles
• Neem increases the finances
• Karveerand Bhandeer tree gives gain of grains
• Shami tree gives victory over enemies
• Arjun tree gives capability to wipe out enemies
• Shyama tree enables to kill enemies
• Shaal and Ashvakarna tree brings in laurels and awards
• Devadaru and Vaasika tree gives honours and medals
• Priyangu , Apaamaarga , Jaamun and Daalinmba tree gives enormous attraction to the personality whereby everyone adores …
• One must brush tree in the east or north direction
• After brushing one must wash and leave the remains of the twig in a neat place and not throw in dust bin … the place where twig is thrown should be pavitra
• If while dropping the twig the eaten part falls in the eastern or northern direction one will get auspicious results or stands still firm upwards ….one will get very auspicious results
• If it stands firm and falls down then one would get sumptous meal that day ..

The method of preparation of the Dantakashta

One should not pluck the twig from the branch and brush , this would only create more plaque and perhaps may be unhygenic as well in long run ….

Jyotish samhita gives an excellent formulae for the preparation such sticks ..

• Take plenty of twigs 12 inches in size

STAGE 1

• Mix Haritaki powder in Gomutra [ cows urine ]
• soak the twigs in this mixture for seven days

Stage 2

• Take elaichi , daalchini gandhapatra , sauveer ,honey , kalimirchi , naagkesar and kooth in equal parts and mix it in water to amke a gandhodaka
• soak the twigs for several days in this mixture

Stage 3

• Take jayphal 4 parts
• gandhapatra 2 parts
• elaichi 1 part
• Karpur 3 parts
• make a powder
• Apply this powder to the twigs

Stage 4

Dry this specialised twigs in SUN

When such a twigs are used for the brushing of teeth one gets

• happy disposition
• Excellent radiance in face
• Clean mouth
• Fragrant oral aura
• and perfumed speech output
• and pleasnt to ears VOICE

One must resolve expressively the desire in mind [ to be achieved in an year ] and then remember EIGHT limbed NARAYANA and then brush ones teeth

Krishnarpanamastu