ASTANGA HRIDAYA BY VAGBHAT POINT 4.. AT WHAT TIME YOU WAKE

ASTANGA HRIDAYA BY VAGBHAT POINT 4. AT WHAT TIME YOU WAKE

1. PRATARUTHANA

Healthy person should get up from bed at brahmi muhurtha. that is, before dawn, or around 45 minutes before sunrise , around 5-6 am . last three hours of the night-from 3am to 6 am-is known as brahma muhurta.

2  DANTADHAVANA

KEEPING IN VIEW THE CONDITION OF THE BODY , the individual should pass urine and faeces, clean teeth with any of the twigs of following herbs-

arka

vata

khadira

karanja

kakubha

 The twig should be astrigent, pungent, and bitter in taste.

3  ANJANA- COLLYRIUM

it is good to apply a special type of collyrium called sauveera anjana to the eyes. it should be applied daily. rasanjana extract of berberis aristata should be applied once a week to drain out kapha from the eyes...