Take powdered crystal salt, roasted rice husk or a mix of boath in your left palm. Cover the left palm containing this powder with your right palm and pray to the gods of forest who gave the raw material for this medicine.
“Ayurbalam yashO varcha prajAm pashu vaUni cha, brahma, prajNAm cha medhAm cha, tvam no dehi VanaspatE”
It is the lord of forests who gives his barks to you for cleaning your mouth.
Wet your right palm with fresh water. Using the inner side of the right index finger take the powder from your left palm and swipe the front of your teeth left-right. Same way you can clean the chewing side of your teeth also. It is easier to clean the upper side of mouth (palate) and below the tongue, using the inner side of thumb.
If getting or making such a powder is impossible, then buy tooth powder from either ‘thaikkaatt mooss’ or ‘keraleeya ayurveda samajam’ vaidyashala. Branches of both are available all over India. Check google for address.
All kinds of toothpastes are dangerously bad for teeth and gum. All kinds of toothbrushes are very bad for teeth and gum. Keeping on brushing the teeth for a long time is even worse. In fact it is not necessary that you brush your teeth everyday. Bad odour of mouth is not because you don’t brush, but due to indigestion. If you have bad odour of mouth then take one table spoon of “ashTachoornam” in warm water or fresh curd immediately after each dining. Buy this also from the above referred VaidyashAlAs. Rarely some people may have tooth or gum infection, which need to be treated just as any other illness.
Those who use medicinal tooth powders as referred above, and use one's own hand for rubbing don’t get teeth problem easily. This whole process is just like washing a soiled vessel in kitchen sink. Do you keep on brushing a teapot as long as you brush your teeth? You apply some water so that you can rub the detergent. Apply the detergent to remove the dirt. Wash the detergent with water. As simple as that
Wash mouth thoroughly. Clean the tongue. The best tongue cleaner is ‘eerkkil’ which is the wire-like thing running from end to end of the leaf of coconut tree. To use this it need to be split lengthwise so that you get two pieces with sharp edges. Just use it as you use a plastic or steel tongue-cleaner. Make sure you use the sharp edge of both the pieces you get from one ‘eerkkil’. If you have land with mud and soil just throw out this eerkkil after use. If you don’t have such luxury, like you are in an apartment, then wash them after use and put in the wastebasket.
If getting eerkkil is impossible, then by ‘eerkkil-broom’ from any stationary or provision store. Since it is not a used broom, it is as fresh as from the tree. All kinds of tongue cleaners whether plastic or steel are very bad for the nerves of tongue. Just imagine the number of nerves running on tongue to speak and sense even subtle tastes.
Blow the nose with forceful exhalation. Wash the face with fresh water taken in ‘kaikkumbil’, by joining both the palms with the inner side upwards.
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